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Microfluidics for Polymer Microparticles: Opinion on Sustainability and Scalability.
In: Sustainable Chemistry, Jg. 4 (2023-06-01), Heft 2, S. 171-183
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The microfluidic production of simple (microspheres) and core–shell (microcapsules) polymer microparticles, often called microencapsulation, has been the scope of several research works since the 1980s. It is a fast, thrifty, and efficient process because of its controlled properties, tuneability, and yield, which can reach 100%. However, the question of its greenness, sustainability, and scalability remains unclear, and more awareness/education is required in this field. The sustainability of production processes using microfluidic techniques can be realized/discussed based on three pillars: (i) waste generation, (ii) the solvents employed, and (iii) raw materials. On the other hand, although the scaling-up of these processes was reported on in several papers as procedures in which hundreds or thousands of microfluidic chips are set in parallel, the sustainability of this scale-up has not been addressed to our knowledge. This opinion paper highlights the advantages of microfluidic encapsulation processes, their greenness according to the above-mentioned pillars, (i–iii) and the necessary considerations to scale them up while preserving their sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Microfluidics for Polymer Microparticles: Opinion on Sustainability and Scalability.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | El Itawi, Hassan ; Fadlallah, Sami ; Perré, Patrick ; Allais, Florent |
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Zeitschrift: | Sustainable Chemistry, Jg. 4 (2023-06-01), Heft 2, S. 171-183 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 2673-4079 (print) |
DOI: | 10.3390/suschem4020013 |
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