Structural diverse nanocarbon using continuous flow thin film microfluidics

本项目旨在开发连续流动薄膜微流控器件技术，以获得纳米碳材料或碳纳米材料。该项目将利用动态薄膜中的高剪切应力，场效应，包括法拉第波，等离子体，磁场，激光和LED照射。该技术预计将允许石墨烯卷轴的可扩展的“自上而下”合成，横向切割碳纳米管和不同类型碳的复合材料，以及“自下而上”从天然植物中合成纳米碳。通过纳入可持续性指标，包括可扩展性，可再生原料和最大限度地减少浪费，这项研究预计将对行业具有吸引力，并最大限度地减少对环境的影响。

This project aims to develop continuous flow thin film microfluidic device technology to gain access to nano-carbon material or carbon nano-material. This project will exploit high shear stress in dynamic thin films, field effects, including Faraday waves, plasma, magnetic, laser and LED irradiation. The technology is expected to allow both scalable ‘top down’ synthesis of graphene scrolls, laterally slicing carbon nanotubes and composites of different types of carbon, and ‘bottom up’ synthesis of nano-carbon from natural saccharides. By incorporating sustainability metrics including scalability, renewable feed-stocks and minimising waste, this research is expected to be attractive to industry and minimise the effect on the environment.