High-Temperature Microfluidic Synthesis of CdSe Nanocrystals in Nanoliter Droplets.

The high-temperature synthesis of CdSe nanocrystals in nanoliter-volume droplets flowing in a perfluorinated carrier fluid through a microfabricated reactor is presented. A flow-focusing nanojet structure with a step increase in channel height reproducibly generated octadecene droplets in Fomblin Y...

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Published in:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 127; no. 40; pp. 13854 - 13862
Main Authors: Chan, Emory M., Alivisatos, A. Paul, Mathies, Richard A.
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Published: American Chemical Society 10/12/2005
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          Chan, Emory M.
          Alivisatos, A. Paul
          Mathies, Richard A.
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          Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720.
          Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720.
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        Nanocrystals
        Hydrodynamics
        Properties of matter
        Electron microscopy
        Spectrum analysis
        Native element minerals
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          Nanocrystals
          Hydrodynamics
          Properties of matter
          Electron microscopy
          Spectrum analysis
          Native element minerals
      ab: The high-temperature synthesis of CdSe nanocrystals in nanoliter-volume droplets flowing in a perfluorinated carrier fluid through a microfabricated reactor is presented. A flow-focusing nanojet structure with a step increase in channel height reproducibly generated octadecene droplets in Fomblin Y 06/6 perfluorinated polyether at capillary numbers up to 0.81 and with a droplet:carrier fluid viscosity ratio of 0.035. Cadmium and selenium precursors flowing in octadecene droplets through a high-temperature (240- 300 °C) glass microreactor produced high-quality CdSe nanocrystals, as verified by optical spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Isolating the reaction solution in droplets prevented particle deposition and hydrodynamic dispersion, allowing the reproducible synthesis of nanocrystals at three different temperatures and four different residence times in the span of 4 h. Our synthesis of a wide range of nanocrystals at high temperatures, high capillary numbers, and low viscosity ratio illustrates the general utility of droplet-based microfluidic reactors to encapsulate nanoliter volumes of organic or aqueous solutions and to precisely control chemical or biochemical reactions.
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