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A Chip‐Sized Nanoscale Monolithic Chemical Reactor
Author(s) -
Popp Alexander,
Schneider Jörg J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200802954
Subject(s) - microreactor , nanoscopic scale , materials science , nanometre , carbon nanotube , nanotechnology , chip , tube (container) , porosity , nanotube , chemical reactor , volume (thermodynamics) , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , catalysis , thermodynamics , biochemistry , physics , engineering , electrical engineering
Processes on nanometer‐scale dimensions are possible in a mechanically stable, flexible, and monolithic porous 3D carbon nanotube structure (see picture). The nanoscale chemical reactor exhibits an extremely high surface‐to‐volume ratio of up to 2×10 7 m 2 m 3 , which depends on the tube diameter and tube separation. This exceeds values for current microreactors by at least two orders of magnitude.