The rise of continuous flow biocatalysis–fundamentals, very recent developments and future perspectives

P De Santis, LE Meyer, S Kara - Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Biocatalysis community has witnessed a drastic increase in the number of studies for the use
of enzymes in continuously operated flow reactors. This significant interest arose from the …

Flow bioreactors as complementary tools for biocatalytic process intensification

L Tamborini, P Fernandes, F Paradisi, F Molinari - Trends in biotechnology, 2018 - cell.com
Biocatalysis has widened its scope and relevance since new molecular tools, including
improved expression systems for proteins, protein and metabolic engineering, and rational …

Non-spherical micro-and nanoparticles in nanomedicine

X Zhu, C Vo, M Taylor, BR Smith - Materials Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent studies have revealed the effects of shape on in vivo nanoparticle circulation,
distribution, extravasation, and cellular uptake. Morphology is therefore becoming a key …

Designs of continuous-flow pharmaceutical crystallizers: developments and practice

M Jiang, RD Braatz - CrystEngComm, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Crystallization is an effective, low-cost purification & formulation process widely applied to
pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. This review describes recent advances in research on …

Ultrafast synthesis of zeolites: breakthrough, progress and perspective

Z Liu, J Zhu, T Wakihara, T Okubo - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Zeolites maintain the momentum of their existing applications and continue to find new
applications in the fields of catalysis and separation. Such application prospects call for an …

Continuous Generation of Gas‐Water Slugs with Improved Size Uniformity at a Tunable Scale

M Mou, L dela Rosa, JH Mugumya… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Slug flow has received increased interest due to the slugs serving as individual
microreactors for enhanced process efficiency and product quality. In this study, slugs were …

Heterogeneous Microfluidic Reactors: A Review and an Insight of Enzymatic Reactions

FWM Ling, HA Abdulbari, SY Chin - ChemBioEng Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneous reactions are considered the heart of chemical synthesis with numerous
industrial applications due to their high conversion rates and low reaction time. On the other …

Continuous, monodisperse silver nanoparticles synthesis using microdroplets as a reactor

M Wojnicki, T Tokarski, V Hessel, K Fitzner… - Journal of Flow …, 2019 - Springer
In this paper precisely controlled silver nanoparticles synthesis method using microdroplets
as a reactor was shown. It was confirmed that the application of microdroplets effects in a …

Microcapillary film reactor outperforms single-bore mesocapillary reactors in continuous flow chemical reactions

KK Gill, R Gibson, KHC Yiu, P Hester… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Meso-and micro-flow reactors are routinely used in continuous flow chemistry, however the
role of capillary diameter, D, on conversion and reaction rates is often overlooked during …

Experimental studies of ethyl acetate saponification using different reactor systems: The effect of volume flow rate on reactor performance and pressure drop

E Borovinskaya, V Khaydarov, N Strehle, A Musaev… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microreactors intensify chemical processes due to improved flow regimes, mass and heat
transfer. In the present study, the effect of the volume flow rate on reactor performance in …