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Communication

One droplet reaction for synthesis of multi-sized nanoparticles

Bingda Chen1,2,§, Feifei Qin3,§, Meng Su1,2( ), Daixi Xie1,2, Zeying Zhang1, Qi Pan1, Huadong Wang1,2, Xu Yang1,2, Sisi Chen1,2, Jingwei Huang3, Dominique Derome4, Jan Carmeliet3, Yanlin Song1,2( )
Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Beijing 100190, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Chair of Building Physics, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich), Zürich 8092, Switzerland
Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke QC J1K 2R1, Canada

§ Bingda Chen and Feifei Qin contributed equally to this work.

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By controlling the Peclet number (Pe > 1) at the gas–liquid interface via the accumulation effect, one droplet reaction in a self-driven multi-dimension microchannels reactor is demonstrated for the synchronous synthesis of multi-sized nanoparticles. This strategy is extended to the synthesis of Ag, Au, Pt, and Pd nanoparticles, which provides an effective strategy for the fabrication of nanomaterials.

Abstract

Reaction kinetics of nanoparticles can be controlled by tuning the Peclet number (Pe) as it is an essential parameter in synthesis of multi-sized nanoparticles. Herein, we propose to implement a self-driven multi-dimension microchannels reactor (MMR) for the one droplet synthesis of multi-sized nanoparticles. By carefully controlling the Pe at the gas–liquid interface, the newly formed seed crystals selectively accumulate and grow to a specific size. By the combination of microchannels of different widths and lengths, one droplet reaction in the same apparatus achieves the synchronous synthesis of diverse nanoparticles. MMR enables precise control of nanoparticle diameter at 5 nm precision in the range of 10–110 nm. The use of MMR can be extended to the synthesis of uniform Ag, Au, Pt, and Pd nanoparticles, opening towards the production and engineering of nanostructured materials. This approach gives the chance to regulate the accumulation probability for precise synthesis of nanoparticles with different diameters.

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gas–liquid interfaceaccumulation effectone droplet reactionmulti-sized nanoparticles

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 4,
April 2023
Pages 5850-5856
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-5115-7
Cite this article:
Chen B, Qin F, Su M, et al. One droplet reaction for synthesis of multi-sized nanoparticles. Nano Research, 2023, 16(4): 5850-5856. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5115-7
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Received: 02 July 2022
Revised: 27 September 2022
Accepted: 28 September 2022
Published: 02 November 2022
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