Themed collection 2018 Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Hot Articles
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Metal-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts for reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen: mechanisms, recent advances and perspective
Recent progress in the development of metal-based heterogeneous electrocatalysts which have been used in the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen with superior performance is comprehensively and critically reviewed.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 591-625
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00111A
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Integrated plug flow synthesis and crystallisation of pyrazinamide
Pure pyrazinamide has been produced in a coupled flow synthesis and crystallisation in high yield, pure polymorphic form (γ) and narrow particle size distribution.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 631-634
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00087E
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Rapid, selective and stable HaloTag-LbADH immobilization directly from crude cell extract for the continuous biocatalytic production of chiral alcohols and epoxides
A strategy for biocatalyst immobilization in flow directly from the crude cell extract is described.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 8-12
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RE00173H
OpenFlowChem – a platform for quick, robust and flexible automation and self-optimisation of flow chemistry
OpenFlowChem – an open-access platform for automation of process control and monitoring optimised for flexibility.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 769-780
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00046H
Optimization of the high-throughput synthesis of multiblock copolymer nanoparticles in aqueous media via polymerization-induced self-assembly
High-throughput synthesis of multiblock copolymer nanoparticles via PISA.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 645-657
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00066B
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Optimum catalyst selection over continuous and discrete process variables with a single droplet microfluidic reaction platform
A mixed-integer nonlinear program (MINLP) algorithm to optimize catalyst turnover number (TON) and product yield by simultaneously modulating discrete variables—catalyst types—and continuous variables—temperature, residence time, and catalyst loading—was implemented and validated.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 301-311
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RE00032H
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Laser irradiated vortex fluidic mediated synthesis of luminescent carbon nanodots under continuous flow
High shear vortex fluidics coupled with NIR affords luminescent carbon dots as a scalable process.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 164-170
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RE00197E
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Efficient kinetic experiments in continuous flow microreactors
Transient temperature and flowrates in continuous flow reaction systems allows for the rapid generation of kinetic data.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 94-101
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RE00163K
A hierarchical approach to chemical reactor engineering: an application to micro packed bed reactors
CFD-based hierarchical modeling is applied for the full-scale analysis of a micro packed bed reactor.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 25-33
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RE00195A
Batch–flow hybrid synthesis of the antipsychotic clozapine
The development of batch–flow hybrid processes is becoming an attractive prospect through which chemists can make use of the best aspects of both technologies.
React. Chem. Eng., 2018,3, 17-24
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RE00146K