3D printed fluidics with embedded analytic functionality for automated reaction optimisation.

ABSTRACT: Additive manufacturing or '3D printing' is being developed as a novel manufacturing process for the production of bespoke micro- and milliscale fluidic devices. When coupled with online monitoring and optimisation software, this offers an advanced, customised method for performing automated chemical synthesis. This paper reports the use of two additive manufacturing processes, stereolithography and selective laser melting, to create multifunctional fluidic devices with embedded reaction monitoring capability. The selectively laser melted parts are the first published examples of multifunctional 3D printed metal fluidic devices. These devices allow high temperature and pressure chemistry to be performed in solvent systems destructive to the majority of devices manufactured via stereolithogr

SUBMITTER: Capel AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5302008 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature