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Millifluidics: Developing a Millifluidic Platform for the Synthesis of Ultrasmall Nanoclusters: Ultrasmall Copper Nanoclusters as a Case Study (Small 5/2012)
Author(s) -
Biswas Sanchita,
Miller Jeffrey T.,
Li Yuehao,
Nandakumar Krishnaswamy,
Kumar Challa S. S. R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201290031
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , nanomaterials , nanotechnology , materials science , microfluidics , copper , xanes , metallurgy , physics , quantum mechanics , spectroscopy
The image features the concept of a millifluidic platform for the controlled synthesis of nanomaterials–an alternative to difficult‐to‐fabricate, expensive, and complex microfluidic reactors. The millifluidic platform offers a transformative approach, which should jump‐start the commercialization of lab‐on‐a‐chip devices for the large‐scale production of nanomaterials; it enables better control over size and the ability to probe reactions in situ. Ultrasmall copper nanoclusters are synthesized with the help of ligands in the system, and X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure (XANES) investigations confirm the possibility of atomically precise control.