Recent developments in microfluidic device-based preparation, functionalization, and manipulation of nano- and micro-materials--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Luo, G., Du, L., Wang, Y., & Wang, K. (2019). Recent developments in microfluidic device-based preparation, functionalization, and manipulation of nano- and micro-materials. Particuology, 45, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2018.10.001

Recent developments in microfluidic device-based preparation, functionalization, and manipulation of nano- and micro-materials

Guangsheng Luo ^a *, Le Du ^{a b}, Yujun Wang ^a, Kai Wang ^a

a The State Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
b The State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Membrane Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China

10.1016/j.partic.2018.10.001

Volume 45, August 2019, Pages 1-19

Received 8 July 2018, Revised 11 October 2018, Accepted 12 October 2018, Available online 18 February 2019, Version of Record 10 June 2019.

E-mail: gsluo@tsinghua.edu.cn

Highlights

• State-of-the-art microfluidic techniques are summarized and identified.

• Developments in microfluidic platforms and nano-/micro-materials are presented.

• Strategies for tuning product physical and chemical properties are examined.

• An outlook of future processing of materials by microfluidic devices is provided.

Abstract

Microfluidic systems provide a powerful platform for preparing, functionalizing, and manipulating nano-/micro-materials. In this review, we summarize the characteristics of state-of-the-art microfluidic techniques and their application to processing novel nano-/micro-materials with tunable size, shape, morphology, composition, and properties. A variety of synthesis strategies based on novel microfluidic devices are presented and compared, including their integration with real-time monitoring, external fields, and automatic feedback control. Novel functional nano-/micro-materials with complex structures have been controllably prepared and post-processed to obtain high-quality products. Strategies for controlling and tuning physical and chemical properties are also examined in terms of the design and function of microfluidic platforms. We provide an outlook on future developments in the processing of nano-/micro-materials by microfluidic technologies.

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Keywords

Microfluidics; Microchemical systems; Nanomaterials; Micro-materials; Scale-up

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