title: Microfluidic studies of carbon dioxide.
abstract: Carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration, storage and recycling will greatly benefit from comprehensive studies of physical and chemical gas-liquid processes involving CO2. Over the past five years, microfluidics emerged as a valuable tool in CO2-related research, due to superior mass and heat transfer, reduced axial dispersion, well-defined gas-liquid interfacial areas and the ability to vary reagent concentrations in a high-throughput manner. This Minireview highlights recent progress in microfluidic studies of CO2-related processes, including dissolution of CO2 in physical solvents, CO2 reactions, the utilization of CO2 in materials science, and the use of supercritical CO2 as a "green" solvent.
authors: Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto M5S 3G8, Ontario (Canada).
authors: Milad
authors: M
authors: Abolhasani
authors: Axel
authors: A
authors: Günther
authors: Eugenia
authors: E
authors: Kumacheva
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D044085:Microfluidics
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
keywords: carbon dioxide; green chemistry; materials science; microfluidics; supercritical carbon dioxide