Progress in the application of continuous microfluidics in the preparation of polymer particles by photopolymerization

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Abstract Photopolymerization has attracted much attention for its advantages of environmental friendliness, mild reaction conditions, wide adaptability, and low cost. The application of continuous microfluidics in photopolymerization is helpful to improve the reaction efficiency and achieve high level control of polymerization. In detail, the advantages of continuous microfluidics in the photopolymerization of polymer particles include improved repeatability and synthesis accuracy, controllable particle size, polydispersity and internal structure. In this review, we summarized the application of continuous microfluidics in the synthesis of nanoparticles by photopolymerization including single-phase microfluidic photopolymerization and multi-phase microfluidic photopolymerization, the formation mechanism of polymer particles with various morphologies, and the typical examples.

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	LIU Qing
	YU Siyuan
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	A Jhair
	XING Jinfeng

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LIU Qing, YU Siyuan, PEÑA Jhair, XING Jinfeng.Progress in the application of continuous microfluidics in the preparation of polymer particles by photopolymerization[J] Chemcial Industry and Engineering, 2023,V40(2): 47-56

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