摘要:
A fluid micro-mixer apparatus includes a plurality of first microchannels for receiving a first fluid and a plurality of second microchannels for receiving a second fluid. A mixing chamber flow path is disposed to receive the first and second fluids after the first and second fluids exit their respective output ports. The mixing chamber flow path can include a first mixing chamber in the vicinity of the respective output ports, and the mixing chamber flow path can separate into at least two different flow paths downstream from the first mixing chamber.
摘要:
A micro fluidic chip includes a plurality of reagent sources for a feeding a plurality of reagents, each reagent source feeding a corresponding reagent among the plurality of reagents. A macro-chamber receives one or more reagents among the plurality of reagents from the plurality of reagent sources. A micro fluidic reactor is coupled to the macro-chamber and the plurality of reagent sources and configured to receive two or more reagents among the plurality of reagents from at least one of the macro-chamber, the plurality of reagent sources, and react the two or more reagents to generate a reaction content.
摘要:
According to this method: a physico-chemical system suitable for undergoing said transformation is made to flow in a flow member (8), while maintaining the external periphery of the wall of this flow member at one and the same temperature, with the exception of a display zone, at least between two remote points on said member; at least one spatial distribution of the temperature of the physico-chemical system along this display zone is displayed, in particular by means of an infrared camera; the or each parameter is deduced therefrom using the or each spatial temperature distribution.
摘要:
A continuous flow reactor for the efficient synthesis of nanoparticles with a high degree of crystallinity, uniform particle size, and homogenous stoichiometry throughout the crystal is described. Disclosed embodiments include a flow reactor with an energy source for rapid nucleation of the procurors following by a separate heating source for growing the nucleates. Segmented flow may be provided to facilitate mixing and uniform energy absorption of the precursors, and post production quality testing in communication with a control system allow automatic real-time adjustment of the production parameters. The nucleation energy source can be monomodal, multimodal, or multivariable frequency microwave energy and tuned to allow different precursors to nucleate at substantially the same time thereby resulting in a substantially homogenous nanoparticle. A shell application system may also be provided to allow one or more shell layers to be formed onto each nanoparticle.
摘要:
Systems and methods for confining droplets within a microfluidic channel as well as systems and methods for packing droplets are provided. More specifically, a system and method are provided for controlling the introduction and removal of oil into a microfluidic channel in order to control where drops are allowed to flow within that channel.
摘要:
The present invention generally relates to microfluidics, and, in particular, to systems and methods for coalescing or fusing droplets. In certain aspects, two or more droplets within a microfluidic channel are brought together and caused to coalesce without using electric fields or charges. For example, in certain embodiments, droplets stabilized with a surfactant may be disrupted, e.g., by exposing the droplets to a solvent able to alter the surfactant, which may partially destabilize the droplets and allow them to coalesce. In some instances, the droplets may also be physically disrupted to facilitate coalesce. In addition, in some cases, the positions of one or more droplets may be controlled within a channel using a groove in a wall of the channel. For example, a droplet may at least partially enter the groove such that the position of the droplet is at least partially controlled by the groove.
摘要:
The present invention generally relates to polymerization reactions within microfluidic devices. In certain cases, the invention allows for precise control of the polymerization of different types of monomers to form a copolymer by controlling the steps of polymerization and/or controlling the addition of monomers at various time scales within a microfluidic droplet and/or a microfluidic environment, often to a degree that is unattainable by other block polymerization techniques. For example, in one aspect, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for producing polymers such as block copolymers, gradient polymers, random copolymers, etc. For instance, in one set of embodiments, a first monomer contained within a channel, such as a microfluidic channel, is allowed to polymerize to form a first block of a block copolymer. Additional blocks may be added, for example, by flowing the first block and other monomers through a second channel (which may be an extension of the first channel), by polymerizing additional blocks of the copolymer in other channels, by creating droplets containing one or more blocks and allowing the blocks to polymerize, or the like. In some embodiments, a droplet, such as a multiple emulsion droplet, may be creating containing two or more monomers, which are allowed to polymerize together. Still other embodiments of the invention are generally directed to methods of creating such devices, methods of using such devices, kits involving such devices, or the like.