Archive for May, 2016

Kinetics of Nanocrystal Synthesis in a Microfluidic Reactor

New insight into nanocrystal nucleation and growth has emerged from researchers in Switzerland, giving vital knowledge and tools for large-scale quantum dot production.

Andrew DeMello and his team at ETH Zurich used a two-stage microfluidic reactor to precisely control the nucleation and growth stages of nanocrystal synthesis by automated control of reagent amounts, residence times and temperatures. This tight control combined with measurement of online spectroscopic data gave the scientists the ability to validate kinetic models of the synthesis – essential tools for chemical engineers to design processes for high quality, high volume quantum dot production.

Read the full paper here.

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Chemistry Means Business

Date: 15 – 16 June 2016

Venue:  Intercontinental London – The O2

Chemistry Means Business is our annual two-day event for industry, uniting SMEs, multinational organisations, investors, academic entrepreneurs and decision makers from across the UK and Europe.

View more details and full programme

Over two days:

1 Discover the best ways to commercialise new technologies, build a sound financial strategy and develop your business skills through more than 20 talks, workshops and panel discussions.

2 Find out what GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, P&G, Unilever, Croda and Mondelēz are looking for from SME and academic partnerships when they share their technology and supply chain needs on day 2.

3 Hear innovative small companies and university entrepreneurs’ present new technologies in health & wellbeing, energy & environment, food & water and materials sectors to expert panels as part of our Emerging Technologies Competition final – find out who wins in the evening.

4 Use structured networking sessions and one-to-one meetings to form new partnerships, discuss potential relationships and make connections to strengthen your business.

5 Discover new services, specifically created to support scientific companies and early stage businesses. Save time, improve efficiency, and find out what others are doing in four key industry sectors.

Tickets are available until 30 May, so there’s still time to secure your place.

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IMRET14

The next event of the IMRET “International Conferences on MicroREaction Technology” conference series will be held in the historic city of Beijing, China in September 12-14, 2016.

IMRET14 will be hosted by Tsinghua University, and co-hosted by Dailian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The IMRET is a scientific conference in the field of micro process engineering and the sciences of microreactors that started in Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1997. Since then, thirteen IMRET conferences have been organized by various well recognized societies and institutes. By organizing IMRET14, the committee aims to strengthen the multidisciplinary communication in the field of micro-process technology, and to facilitate its integration into everyday practices throughout the world by delivering the latest knowledge and making it available for the entire community.

Find out more and register now.

Scientific committee
Darvas Ferenc, Flow Chemistry Society, SUI
Peter Seeberger, Max Planck Institute, GER
Aaron Beeler, Boston University, USA
Claude de Bellefon, CNRS Lyon, FRA
Shinji Hasebe, Kyoto University, JPN
Volker Hessel, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, NED
Klavs Jensen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
C. Oliver Kappe, University of Graz, AUT
Gunther Kolb, Fraunhofer ICT-IMM, TU/e, GER/NED
Kim Dong-Pyo, POSTECH, KOR
Holger Löwe, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, GER
Michael Ölgemöller, James Cook University, AUS
Jürgen Brandner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GER
Jun-ichi Yoshida, Kyoto University, JPN
Timothy F. Jamison, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Steven Ley, University of Cambridge, GBR
Ian Baxendale, Durham University, GBR
Dominique Roberge, Lonza Group Ltd., SUI
Steven A Soper, The University of North Carolina, USA
Guangsheng Luo, Tsinghua University, CHN
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