Extreme downsizing in the surfactant-free synthesis of spin-crossover nanoparticles in a microfluidic flow-focusing junction

Juan H González-Estefan; Mathieu Gonidec; Nathalie Daro; Mathieu Marchivie; Guillaume Chastanet

doi:10.1039/c8cc02232a

Extreme downsizing in the surfactant-free synthesis of spin-crossover nanoparticles in a microfluidic flow-focusing junction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Jul 17;54(58):8040-8043. doi: 10.1039/c8cc02232a.

Authors

Juan H González-Estefan¹, Mathieu Gonidec, Nathalie Daro, Mathieu Marchivie, Guillaume Chastanet

Affiliation

¹ CNRS, ICMCB, UMR 5026, F-33600 Pessac, France.

PMID: 29855021
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc02232a

Abstract

A new surfactant-free, flow-focusing droplet microfluidic approach was developed as an important alternative to existing synthesis techniques for the preparation of spin crossover nanoparticles. It enables great control of the mixing of the reactants, and produces crystals of [Fe(pyrazine)(Pt(CN)4)] with an unexpected 20-fold downsizing compared to classical bulk synthesis.