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3D Printed High‐Throughput Hydrothermal Reactionware for Discovery, Optimization, and Scale‐Up
Author(s) -
Kitson Philip J.,
Marshall Ross J.,
Long Deliang,
Forgan Ross S.,
Cronin Leroy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201402654
Subject(s) - 3d printing , throughput , fabrication , 3d printed , polymer , scale up , hydrothermal circulation , materials science , nanotechnology , process engineering , scale (ratio) , hydrothermal synthesis , process (computing) , 3d printer , computer science , chemical engineering , mechanical engineering , manufacturing engineering , engineering , telecommunications , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , operating system , pathology , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , wireless
3D printing techniques allow the laboratory‐scale design and production of reactionware tailored to specific experimental requirements. To increase the range and versatility of reactionware devices, sealed, monolithic reactors suitable for use in hydrothermal synthesis have been digitally designed and realized. The fabrication process allows the introduction of reaction mixtures directly into the reactors during the production, and also enables the manufacture of devices of varying scales and geometries unavailable in traditional equipment. The utility of these devices is shown by the use of 3D printed, high‐throughput array reactors to discover two new coordination polymers, optimize the synthesis of one of these, and scale‐up its synthesis using larger reactors produced on the same 3D printer. Reactors were also used to produce phase‐pure samples of coordination polymers MIL‐96 and HKUST‐1, in yields comparable to synthesis in traditional apparatus.