title: Continuous flow nano-technology: manipulating the size, shape, agglomeration, defects and phases of silver nano-particles.
abstract: Spinning disc processing (SDP) is an instantaneously scalable, continuous flow and high throughput flash nano-fabrication technology which embraces green chemistry metrics. It has been used to prepare silver nano-particles with remarkable control in size (5-200 nm), shape (spheroidal, acicular or agglomerate rosettes), surface characteristics, and phase (cubic versus hexagonal), along with imparting defects for particles >10 nm diameters. The control is associated with changing the nature of the stabilising surfactant (respectively, starch, polyethylene glycol and poly(4-vinylpyridine)), the concentration of the reactants, and flow rates.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Strategic Nano-fabrication, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: K Swaminathan
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Colin L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Raston
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D015394:Molecular Structure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D012834:Silver
chemical_list: D012834:Silver