Microfluidic synthesis of elastomeric microparticles: A case study in catalysis of palladium‐mediated cross‐coupling

Abstract

Instructions for contributors Inside back coverCover illustration. Microfluidics enables the production of highly tunable monodisperse microparticles with a wide range of applications. Monodispersed poly(hydromethyl siloxane) microparticles loaded with palladium can be used as reusable catalysts for continuous ligand-free cross-coupling reactions under mild reaction conditions. Image created by J. Bennett of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Rapid Suzuki-Miyaura Couplings with ppm Level of Palladium Catalyst in a High-Pressure and High-Temperature Water System

“…The continuous sequential flow process represents one of the modern chemical synthesis technologies [18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. The most significant part of this approach is the capability to conduct a multi-step process sequentially or automatically.…”

A comparison of different geometrical elements to model fluid wicking in paper‐based microfluidic devices

“…Polymeric microfluidics have diverse applications that cover a wide area including particle and fluid manipulations. [1][2][3][4][5] Microfluidic paperbased analytical devices (μPADs), at first, were introduced for biological assay. 6 However, recently numerous applications other than biological assay including mixing, fuel cells and cell separation have been introduced for μPADs, [7][8][9] making papers a suitable alternative for polymeric materials.…”

“…Polymeric microfluidics have diverse applications that cover a wide area including particle and fluid manipulations . Microfluidic paper‐based analytical devices (μPADs), at first, were introduced for biological assay .…”

“…Analytical modelingWicking height h in the paper as a function of time t at ϕ = 100% can be obtained by Equation (2) 1. In this equation, Δp and K must be determined according to the model used to describe the paper's porous structure.…”

Continuous flow synthesis of phase transition-resistant titania microparticles with tunable morphologies

“…3A presents bright-eld microscopy and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) images for 12-20 microparticles aer collection (I), drying (II), and calcination (III), as well as microparticle diameter (D) histograms for each condition (see ESI S6 and Fig. S5 † for microparticle diameter measurement) 40. The precise process control and ow stability within the microuidic reactor resulted in coefficients of variation (CV ¼ s D /hDi  100, where s D is the standard deviation of microparticle diameters and hDi is the average microparticle diameter) of 0.8% aer collection, 2.0% aer drying, and 3.1%…”