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Kang JH, Ahn GN, Lee H, Yim SJ, Lahore S, Lee HJ, Kim H, Kim JT, Kim DP. Scalable Subsecond Synthesis of Drug Scaffolds via Aryllithium Intermediates by Numbered-up 3D-Printed Metal Microreactors. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2022; 8:43-50. [PMID: 35106371 PMCID: PMC8796307 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Continuous-flow microreactors enable ultrafast chemistry; however, their small capacity restricts industrial-level productivity of pharmaceutical compounds. In this work, scale-up subsecond synthesis of drug scaffolds was achieved via a 16 numbered-up printed metal microreactor (16N-PMR) assembly to render high productivity up to 20 g for 10 min operation. Initially, ultrafast synthetic chemistry of unstable lithiated intermediates in the halogen-lithium exchange reactions of three aryl halides and subsequent reactions with diverse electrophiles were carried out using a single microreactor (SMR). Larger production of the ultrafast synthesis was achieved by devising a monolithic module of 4 numbered-up 3D-printed metal microreactor (4N-PMR) that was integrated by laminating four SMRs and four bifurcation flow distributors in a compact manner. Eventually, the 16N-PMR system for the scalable subsecond synthesis of three drug scaffolds was assembled by stacking four monolithic modules of 4N-PMRs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ji-Ho Kang
- Center
for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Department
of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University
of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Center
for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Department
of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University
of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, The University
of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Center
for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Department
of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University
of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Center
for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Department
of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University
of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, College of Science, Korea
University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, College of Science, Korea
University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, The University
of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Center
for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Department
of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University
of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
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Neckel IT, de Castro LF, Callefo F, Teixeira VC, Gobbi AL, Piazzetta MH, de Oliveira RAG, Lima RS, Vicente RA, Galante D, Tolentino HCN. Development of a sticker sealed microfluidic device for in situ analytical measurements using synchrotron radiation. Sci Rep 2021; 11:23671. [PMID: 34880305 PMCID: PMC8654830 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02928-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Shedding synchrotron light on microfluidic systems, exploring several contrasts in situ/operando at the nanoscale, like X-ray fluorescence, diffraction, luminescence, and absorption, has the potential to reveal new properties and functionalities of materials across diverse areas, such as green energy, photonics, and nanomedicine. In this work, we present the micro-fabrication and characterization of a multifunctional polyester/glass sealed microfluidic device well-suited to combine with analytical X-ray techniques. The device consists of smooth microchannels patterned on glass, where three gold electrodes are deposited into the channels to serve in situ electrochemistry analysis or standard electrical measurements. It has been efficiently sealed through an ultraviolet-sensitive sticker-like layer based on a polyester film, and The burst pressure determined by pumping water through the microchannel(up to 0.22 MPa). Overall, the device has demonstrated exquisite chemical resistance to organic solvents, and its efficiency in the presence of biological samples (proteins) is remarkable. The device potentialities, and its high transparency to X-rays, have been demonstrated by taking advantage of the X-ray nanoprobe Carnaúba/Sirius/LNLS, by obtaining 2D X-ray nanofluorescence maps on the microchannel filled with water and after an electrochemical nucleation reaction. To wrap up, the microfluidic device characterized here has the potential to be employed in standard laboratory experiments as well as in in situ and in vivo analytical experiments using a wide electromagnetic window, from infrared to X-rays, which could serve experiments in many branches of science.
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- Itamar T Neckel
- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Goiás, Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, 74690-900, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SãoPaulo, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, 13083-970, Brazil.
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Firmino PCOS, Vianna SSV, da Costa OMMM, Malfatti-Gasperini AA, Gobbi AL, Lima RS, de la Torre LG. 3D micromixer for nanoliposome synthesis: a promising advance in high mass productivity. LAB ON A CHIP 2021; 21:2971-2985. [PMID: 34137409 DOI: 10.1039/d1lc00232e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This paper addresses an important breakthrough in the high mass production of liposomes by microfluidics technology. We investigated the synthesis of liposomes using a high flow rate microfluidic device (HFR-MD) with a 3D-twisted cross-sectional microchannel to favor chaotic advection. A simple construction scaffold technique was used to manufacture the HFR-MD. The synthesis of liposomes combined the effects of high flow and high concentration of lipids, resulting in high mass productivity (2.27 g of lipid per h) which, to our knowledge, has never been registered by only one microdevice. We assessed the effects of the flow rate ratio (FRR), total flow rate (TFR), and lipid concentration on the liposome physicochemical properties. HFR-MD liposomes were monodisperse (0.074) with a size around 100 nm under the condition of an FRR of 1 (50% v/v ethanol) and TFR of 5 ml min-1 (expandable to 10 ml min-1). We demonstrated that the mixing conditions are not the only parameter controlling liposome synthesis using experimental and computational fluid dynamics analysis. A vacuum concentrator was used for ethanol removal, and there is no further modification after processing in accordance with the structural (SAXS) and morphological (cryo-TEM) analysis. Hence, the HFR-MD can be used to prepare nanoliposomes. It emerges as an innovative tool with high mass production.
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- Priscilla C O S Firmino
- Department of Materials and Bioprocess Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Zip Code 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Zip Code 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Zip Code 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Zip Code 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil and Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Zip Code 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil and São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Zip Code 09210-580, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil and Federal University of ABC, Santo André, Zip Code 09210-580, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Materials and Bioprocess Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Lee HJ, Roberts RC, Im DJ, Yim SJ, Kim H, Kim JT, Kim DP. Enhanced Controllability of Fries Rearrangements Using High-Resolution 3D-Printed Metal Microreactor with Circular Channel. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2019; 15:e1905005. [PMID: 31729122 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201905005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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High-resolution 3D-printed stainless steel metal microreactors (3D-PMRs) with different cross-sectional geometry are fabricated to control ultrafast intramolecular rearrangement reactions in a comparative manner. The 3D-PMR with circular channel demonstrates the improved controllability in rapid Fries-type rearrangement reactions, because of the superior mixing efficiency to rectangular cross-section channels (250 µm × 125 µm) which is confirmed based on the computational flow dynamics simulation. Even in case of very rapid intramolecular rearrangement of sterically small acetyl group occurring in 333 µs of reaction time, the desired intermolecular reaction can outpace to the undesired intramolecular rearrangement using 3D-PMR to result in high conversion and yield.
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- Hyune-Jea Lee
- Centre for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, 48513, South Korea
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- Centre for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, South Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Centre for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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Lee H, Kim H, Kim D. From
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‐Xylene to Ibuprofen in Flow: Three‐Step Synthesis by a Unified Sequence of Chemoselective C−H Metalations. Chemistry 2019; 25:11641-11645. [PMID: 31338883 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Hyune‐Jea Lee
- Centre for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis Department of Chemical Engineering POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) Pohang 790-784 South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science Korea University Seoul 02841 South Korea
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- Centre for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis Department of Chemical Engineering POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) Pohang 790-784 South Korea
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Lee HJ, Kim H, Yoshida JI, Kim DP. Control of tandem isomerizations: flow-assisted reactions of o-lithiated aryl benzyl ethers. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:547-550. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cc08460a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report a flow microreactor platform for controlling tandem isomerizations of o-lithiated aryl benzyl ethers based on precise residence time control.
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- Hyune-Jea Lee
- Centre for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
- Pohang
- South Korea
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- Department of Synthetic and Biological Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto
- Japan
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- Department of Synthetic and Biological Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto
- Japan
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- Centre for Intelligent Microprocess of Pharmaceutical Synthesis
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
- Pohang
- South Korea
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Shiroma LS, Oliveira AF, Lobo-Júnior EO, Coltro WK, Gobbi AL, de La Torre LG, Lima RS. High adhesion strength and hybrid irreversible/reversible full-PDMS microfluidic chips. Anal Chim Acta 2017; 951:116-123. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Teixeira CA, Giordano GF, Beltrame MB, Vieira LCS, Gobbi AL, Lima RS. Renewable Solid Electrodes in Microfluidics: Recovering the Electrochemical Activity without Treating the Surface. Anal Chem 2016; 88:11199-11206. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b03453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Carlos A. Teixeira
- Laboratório
de Microfabricação, Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brasil
- Instituto
de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brasil
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- Laboratório
de Microfabricação, Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brasil
- Instituto
de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brasil
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- Laboratório
de Microfabricação, Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brasil
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- Laboratório
de Microfabricação, Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brasil
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- Laboratório
de Microfabricação, Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brasil
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- Laboratório
de Microfabricação, Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brasil
- Instituto
de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brasil
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Turbulence in microfluidics: Cleanroom-free, fast, solventless, and bondless fabrication and application in high throughput liquid-liquid extraction. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 940:73-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.08.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Revised: 08/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Min KI, Kim JO, Kim H, Im DJ, Kim DP. Multilayered film microreactors fabricated by a one-step thermal bonding technique with high reproducibility and their applications. LAB ON A CHIP 2016; 16:977-983. [PMID: 26886679 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc01585e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report the versatile uses of multilayered polyimide (PI) film microreactors with various functions including pressure tolerance, three-dimensional mixing and multistep membrane emulsification. Such PI film microreactors were fabricated by a simple one-step thermal bonding technique with high reproducibility. Upon bonding at 300 °C for 1 hour, the thin and flexible film microdevices could withstand pressure up to 8.6 MPa and 16.3 MPa with PI adhesive film or fluoropolymer adhesive, respectively, due to differences in wettability. The hydrophilic and hydrophobic microchannel devices were used to generate monodisperse oil-in-water (O/W) and water-in-oil (W/O) droplets, and polymer micro/nanoparticles at a high generation frequency. A monolithic and chemical resistant film microreactor with a three-dimensional serpentine microchannel was used for the selective reduction of ester to aldehyde by efficient mixing and quenching in a flash chemistry manner, within a several 10(1) millisecond time scale. Furthermore, a novel multilayered film microreactor for organic-aqueous biphasic interfacial reactions was devised by embedding a membrane layer to induce chaotic mixing in both the interface and emulsified phase by flowing through multiple numbers of meshed structures along the hydrophobic channel. This simple and economic fabrication technique significantly facilitates mass production of multilayered film devices that could be useful as a platform for various microfluidic applications in chemistry and biology.
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- Kyoung-Ik Min
- National Center of Applied Microfluidic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Environ. Eng. Bldg., San 31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, Korea.
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Kim H, Lee HJ, Kim DP. Flow-Assisted Synthesis of [10]Cycloparaphenylene through Serial Microreactions under Mild Conditions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:1422-6. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201509748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Heejin Kim
- Department of Synthetic and Biological Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- National Centre of Applied Microfluidic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH; Pohang University of Science and Technology); Pohang 790-784 South Korea
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- National Centre of Applied Microfluidic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH; Pohang University of Science and Technology); Pohang 790-784 South Korea
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Kim H, Lee HJ, Kim DP. Flow-Assisted Synthesis of [10]Cycloparaphenylene through Serial Microreactions under Mild Conditions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201509748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Heejin Kim
- Department of Synthetic and Biological Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering; Kyoto University; Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- National Centre of Applied Microfluidic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH; Pohang University of Science and Technology); Pohang 790-784 South Korea
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- National Centre of Applied Microfluidic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH; Pohang University of Science and Technology); Pohang 790-784 South Korea
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