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Microfluidic Device: A Miniaturized Platform for Chemical Reactions
Author(s) -
Tu Qin,
Pang Long,
Zhang Yanrong,
Yuan Maoseng,
Wang Jianchun,
Wang Dongen,
Liu Wenming,
Wang Jinyi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chinese journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1614-7065
pISSN - 1001-604X
DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.201201212
Subject(s) - microfluidics , microreactor , nanotechnology , chemistry , throughput , chemical reaction , process engineering , mixing (physics) , chemical reactor , computer science , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , engineering , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics , wireless , catalysis
Microfluidic devices, as a new miniaturized platform stemming from the field of micro‐electromechanical systems, have been used in many disciplines. In the field of chemical reactions, microfluidic device‐based microreactors have shown great promise in building new chemical technologies and processes with increased speed and reliability and reduced sample consumption and cost. This technology has also become a new and effective tool for precise, high‐throughput, and automatic analysis of chemical synthesis processes. Compared with conventional chemical laboratory batch methodologies, microfluidic reactors have a number of features, such as high mixing efficiency, short reaction time, high heat‐transfer coefficient, small reactant volume, controllable residence time, and high surface‐to‐volume ratio, among others. Combined with recent advances in microfluidic devices for chemical reactions, this review aims to give an overview of the features and applications of microfluidic devices in the field of chemical synthesis. It also aims to stimulate the development of microfluidic device applications in the field of chemical reactions.