Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles

The implementation of advanced reactor engineering concepts employing additive manufacturing is demonstrated. The design and manufacturing of miniaturised continuous flow oscillatory baffled reactors (mCOBR) employing low cost stereolithography based 3D printing is reported for the first time. Resid...

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Main Authors: Okafor, Obinna, Weilhard, Andreas, Fernandes, Jesum A., Karjalainen, Erno, Goodridge, Ruth, Sans, Victor
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40264/
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author Okafor, Obinna
Weilhard, Andreas
Fernandes, Jesum A.
Karjalainen, Erno
Goodridge, Ruth
Sans, Victor
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Weilhard, Andreas
Fernandes, Jesum A.
Karjalainen, Erno
Goodridge, Ruth
Sans, Victor
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description The implementation of advanced reactor engineering concepts employing additive manufacturing is demonstrated. The design and manufacturing of miniaturised continuous flow oscillatory baffled reactors (mCOBR) employing low cost stereolithography based 3D printing is reported for the first time. Residence time distribution experiments have been employed to demonstrate that these small scale reactors offer improved mixing conditions at a millimetre scale, when compared to tubular reactors. Nearly monodisperse silver nanoparticles have been synthesised employing mCOBR, showing higher temporal stability and superior control over particle size distribution than tubular flow reactors.
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spelling nottingham-402642020-05-04T18:29:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40264/ Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles Okafor, Obinna Weilhard, Andreas Fernandes, Jesum A. Karjalainen, Erno Goodridge, Ruth Sans, Victor The implementation of advanced reactor engineering concepts employing additive manufacturing is demonstrated. The design and manufacturing of miniaturised continuous flow oscillatory baffled reactors (mCOBR) employing low cost stereolithography based 3D printing is reported for the first time. Residence time distribution experiments have been employed to demonstrate that these small scale reactors offer improved mixing conditions at a millimetre scale, when compared to tubular reactors. Nearly monodisperse silver nanoparticles have been synthesised employing mCOBR, showing higher temporal stability and superior control over particle size distribution than tubular flow reactors. Royal Society of Chemistry 2017-01-25 Article PeerReviewed Okafor, Obinna, Weilhard, Andreas, Fernandes, Jesum A., Karjalainen, Erno, Goodridge, Ruth and Sans, Victor (2017) Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering . ISSN 2058-9883 http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2017/RE/C6RE00210B#!divAbstract doi:10.1039/C6RE00210B doi:10.1039/C6RE00210B
spellingShingle Okafor, Obinna
Weilhard, Andreas
Fernandes, Jesum A.
Karjalainen, Erno
Goodridge, Ruth
Sans, Victor
Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles
title Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles
title_full Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles
title_fullStr Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles
title_full_unstemmed Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles
title_short Advanced reactor engineering with 3D printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles
title_sort advanced reactor engineering with 3d printing for the continuous-flow synthesis of silver nanoparticles
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