Accelerated Materials Development in Flow
We Are
Flow Chemists
Our multidisciplinary research group is primarily focused on studies of autonomous flow chemistry strategies to accelerate the development of solution-processed materials for energy and chemical technologies. We envision such autonomous materials development strategies can accelerate our efforts towards addressing the most pervasive challenge of the modern world: Meeting a rapidly growing global energy demand while preserving the environment. To meet these goals, we study the fundamentals of process intensification using microreaction engineering concepts and principles of “smart” manufacturing.
08/04/20- Congratulations to Suyong and his co-authors Marjan, and Mahdi! Their recent paper, Accelerating Gas-Liquid Chemical Reactions in Flow is accepted for publication in Chemical Communications.
08/01/20- Eastman Chemical Company awarded a project to our group to study oxo synthesis in flow. We thank Eastman for their continued support of our research program.
07/28/20- Robbie's paper was selected for the Inside Front Cover of Advanced Materials.
07/01/20- The UNC System selected our ROI project for funding. We are grateful to the UNC System for supporting our smart QD manufacturing efforts.
06/21/20- Robbie's paper was highlighted in C&EN!
06/11/20- Congratulations to our previous postdocs, Keshav and Cheng, as well as our current postdoc, Mahdi! Their recent paper, Highly Efficient 1-Octene Hydroformylation at Low Syngas Pressure: From Single-Droplet Screening to Continuous Flow Synthesis is accepted for publication in ACS Catalysis.
06/08/20- Congratulations to Zach! His recent paper, Facile Synthesis of Anhydrous Microparticles Using Plug-and-Play Microfluidic Reactors is accepted for publication in Reaction Chemistry & Engineering.
11/29/20 - 12/04/20- We will be attending the 2020 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, MA.
11/15/20 - 11/20/20- We will be attending the 2020 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
04/13/20 - 04/17/20- We will be attending the 2020 MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix, AZ.
03/22/20 - 03/26/20- We will be attending the 2020 ACS Spring Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
Artificial Chemist: The self-driving Artificial Chemist technology can re-shape the future of materials R&D and manufacturing.
AIChE Journal Looks to the Future: The AIChE Journal’s annual Futures Issue explores the latest developments in chemical engineering through the eyes of the early-career researchers who contributed their pioneering works.
Elastomeric Microparticles: Microfluidic synthesis of elastomeric microparticles for utilization in the continuous manufacturing of pharmaceutical targets.
NanoRobo: Our fully automated microfluidic platform for discovery, screening, and optimization of colloidal nanocrystals.
NCSU: Continuous nano-manufacturing of perovskite quantum dots using our modular microfluidic technology.