The Flow Chemistry Collection
A regularly-updated round-up of the best content on flow chemistry, including blog posts and commentary from thought-leaders on a number of flow chemistry topics.
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The Flow Chemistry Collection
A regularly-updated round-up of the best content on flow chemistry, including blog posts and commentary from thought-leaders on a number of flow chemistry topics.
Scroll down to discover more and subscribe to be kept in the loop on future updates.
Parts #1 and #2
Microfluidic-assisted processes for the reproducible and upscalable preparation of drug-loaded colloidal materials
This guest post by researchers at IIT covers their recent study published on ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces: “Microfluidic-assisted processes for the reproducible and upscalable preparation of drug-loaded colloidal materials”
What is flow chemistry and how does it work?
Let’s start with the basics and explain what flow chemistry actually is and talk a bit about why it’s so useful. Flow chemistry is the process of performing chemical reactions in a tube or pipe. Read on to learn more…
Flow chemistry webinars
We’re running a series of very popular flow chemistry webinars. Click the links below to watch them and subscribe to be kept up-to-date on upcoming webinars!
Webinar #1: An Introduction to Flow Chemistry and its First Principles
This webinar recording covers an introduction to flow chemistry and its first principles. There was a live Q & A session at the end; the questions and their answers are all listed at the bottom of the recording page. Watch it on demand here!
Webinar #2: 9 Reasons to Perform Your Chemistry in Continuous Flow
This webinar was a follow-up to the very popular “Introduction to Flow Chemistry and its First Principles” webinar and covers the 9 main reasons chemists are switching to continuous flow techniques for their chemistry, including published examples. Watch it on demand here!
Parts #3 and #4
Why perform your chemistry in continuous flow?
So why should your lab consider performing your chemistry using continuous flow chemistry techniques? Discover several reasons including faster and reactions, and accessing novel chemistries not possible in batch
Continuous flow chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry
My first introduction to practical flow chemistry was as a Research Chemist at Pfizer and my first thought was: “why on earth would I want to conduct my chemistry in tiny tubes?” A few years later I was the biggest advocate for it. This blog post explains why…
Part #5 and #6
Electrochemistry made easy with continuous flow chemistry techniques
Over the past 5 years or so the development of continuous flow electrochemical cells has made selective syntheses with high reactant-to-product conversions possible. These devices offer an easy access to electrochemical techniques which is driving its current re-assessment as a viable, attractive synthetic method. Discover more in this blog post.
The rise of biocatalysis in continuous flow
Continuous flow biocatalysis is fast becoming a key area of focus for chemists with applications in fine chemicals, drugs, biotherapeutics, and biofuels to name a few. This is reflected in the rapidly-growing number of publications and patents featuring continuous flow biocatalysis; this blog post explores why.
Part #7 and #8
Continuous flow microreactors in nanoparticle synthesis
We’ve seen rapidly increasing interest in flow chemistry systems from companies and universities specializing in nanoparticle synthesis. Offering greatly improved reaction control, mixing, process flexibility, and reproducibility, it’s easy to see why many chemists are switching to continuous flow. Read more here…
Improving polystyrene production with continuous flow chemistry
From improving efficiency to reducing cost and waste, chemists are looking for new ways to improve the efficiency of polystyrene production and continuous flow polymerization could well be the answer…
Part #9 and #10
2019 flow chemistry predictions: the rise of the machines
As 2019 gets under way, we’ve been thinking about what the future holds for continuous processing and flow chemistry in 2019 and beyond…
Move over, microwave chemistry – flow chemistry is taking over
Flow chemistry is replacing microwave chemistry – and for good reason. This blog post explains why.
Upcoming posts
Here’s what’s coming up next in the Flow Chemistry Collection. Be sure to subscribe to be kept up-to-date with the next installments!
Part 7: Polymerization in continuous flow
Producing polymers in tiny tubes and glass chips sounds counter-intuitive, but that’s exactly what researchers are achieving with lab scale flow chemistry equipment. This upcoming blog post will detail the chemistry and technology involved.
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