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Applications
We apply fabricated microparticles for thermal energy storage, CO2 capture, photocatalysis, drug release, in-vitro digestion studies, etc.
Carbon Capture
Carbon capture

We have developed molecularly imprinted polymer particles, non-molecularly imprinted porous polymer particles, and core/shell microcapsules for CO2 capture.
Collaborators: Cranfield University and Charmastar Cambridge Ltd.
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Reference
S.A. Nabavi, G.T. Vladisavljević, E.M. Eguagie, B. Li, S. Georgiadou, V. Manović, Chemical Engineering Journal, 306, 214-225.
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Thermal Energy Storage
In step emulsification, drops are formed when an interface between two immiscible fluids is subjected to a step change in the height of a microchannel. For instance, a fluid is injected through a long and shallow microchannel into a deep reservoir, “the well”, containing a second immiscible fluid, resulting in curvature imbalance along the interface. Our group uses step emulsification in microfluidic silicon chips to manufacture droplets and particles.
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Collaborators: EP Tech, Tsukuba University and National Food Research Institute Tsukuba (Prof. Mitsutoshi Nakajima and Dr Isao Kobayashi)
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Reference
Dolomite Telos System

Telos® is a microfluidic platform designed and commercialised by Dolomite Microfluidics for high-throughput microfluidic processes, including emulsion generation, micro-particle production, mixing and microreactions. Our group is using this platform in a research project in collaboration with an industrial partner for the scaling up the microfluidic production of drug-loaded particles.
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Membrane emulsification
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We use Shirasu porous glass (SPG) membranes (pictured) and Micropore’s microengineered membranes with regular pore spacing to prepare droplets and particles with a controlled size distribution in larger quantities but with the lower degree of droplet size uniformity compared to microfluidic emulsification.
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Collaborators: Miyazaki Industrial Technology Centre and Micropore Technologies.
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References
G.T. Vladisavljević, 2019, In: Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes: Membrane Processes in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Field. Eds. Basile, A. and Charcosset, C. (Elsevier Inc: Amsterdam), Chapter 7, 167-222.
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