Microreactors: Small scale chemistry could lead to big improvements for biodegradable polymers

Using a small block of aluminium with a tiny groove carved in it, a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University is developing an improved 'green chemistry' method for making biodegradable polymers. Their recently published work is a prime example of the value of microfluidics, a technology more commonly associated with inkjet printers and medical diagnostics, to process modelling and development for industrial chemistry...

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