A key requirement within many microsystem devices is the ability for rapid mixing and gas-liquid
absorption. In the past, qualitative results have suggested that micro-manufactured straight-through
pores can significantly reduce the pressure drop for gas diffusion across a gas-liquid contactor as
compared to the complicated and tortuous flow paths encountered...
Recent efforts show that microchannel technologies have much to offer the field of nanomanufacturing: the structuring of matter on the order of one billionth of a meter. During the synthesis of nanomaterials, microchannel reactors take advantage of large surface-to-volume ratios to accelerate heat and mass transport. This accelerated transport allows...
Cerium oxide nanoparticles were continuously
precipitated from a solution of cerium(III) nitrate and ammonium
hydroxide using a static microchannel T-mixer. Tmixer
synthesis results were compared with synthesis results
from batch precipitation. Findings show that the method of
mixing is important in the ceria precipitation process. Uniform
porous film structures and...
