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Spontaneous Phase Segregation Enabling Clogging Aversion in Continuous Flow Microfluidic Synthesis of Nanocrystals Supported on Reduced Graphene Oxide
Wang, Dumei Zhang, Dongtang Wang, Yanan Guo, Guangsheng Wang, Xiaoyan Sun, Yugang
Wang, Dumei
Zhang, Dongtang
Wang, Yanan
Guo, Guangsheng
Wang, Xiaoyan
Sun, Yugang
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2022-12-05
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12234315
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Eliminating clogging in capillary tube reactors is critical but challenging for enabling continuous-flow microfluidic synthesis of nanoparticles. Creating immiscible segments in a microfluidic flow is a promising approach to maintaining a continuous flow in the microfluidic channel because the segments with low surface energy do not adsorb onto the internal wall of the microchannel. Herein we report the spontaneous self-agglomeration of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets in polyol flow, which arises because the reduction of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets by hot polyol changes the nanosheets from hydrophilic to hydrophobic. The agglomerated rGO nanosheets form immiscible solid segments in the polyol flow, realizing the liquid–solid segmented flow to enable clogging aversion in continuous-flow microfluidic synthesis. Simultaneous reduction of precursor species in hot polyol deposits nanocrystals uniformly dispersed on the rGO nanosheets even without surfactant. Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) nanocubes of varying edge lengths and ultrafine metal nanoparticles of platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) dispersed on rGO nanosheets have been continuously synthesized using the liquid–solid segmented flow microfluidic method, shedding light on the promise of microfluidic reactors in synthesizing functional nanomaterials.
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Wang, D.; Zhang, D.; Wang, Y.; Guo, G.; Wang, X.; Sun, Y. Spontaneous Phase Segregation Enabling Clogging Aversion in Continuous Flow Microfluidic Synthesis of Nanocrystals Supported on Reduced Graphene Oxide. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 4315. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12234315
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 12, Iss. 23
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