Synthesis and Application of Nanoparticles in Microfluidic Channels

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the synthesis of nanoparticles has attracted considerable attention owing to the unique properties of these particles for application in spectroscopy, photoelectricity, catalysis, sensing and drug delivery. Microfluidics is a powerful tool for manipulating fluids in miniaturized devices, providing precise control, high throughput, and rapid mass and heat transfer. The continuous flow in microfluidic systems with large reaction interfaces and high sensitivity provides promising modulation in nanoparticle synthesis, especially in critical synthetic stages such as nucleation, growth and reaction conditions, and thus can serve as a well-controlled microenvironment for the synthesis and application of nanoparticles with desired size and morphology.

This Special Issue will focus on the recent progress in the synthesis and application of nanoparticles in microchannels, for instance, the reliable and superior synthesis of nanomaterials (rods, bipyramids, and decahedra) in microchannels, the application of nanoparticles (e.g., the design of sensitive SERS substrates and photocatalysis), and new theory or data analysis methods involved in growth processes.

Dr. Ziran Ye
Prof. Dr. Shikuan Yang
Guest Editors

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• nanoparticles
• synthesis
• microfluidics
• nanofluidics
• lab-on-a-chip
• SERS
• photocatalysis
• growth theory