Artículo de revista
Noble microfluidic system for bioceramic nanoparticles engineering
Fecha
2019Registro en:
Materials Science and Engineering C, Volumen 102,
18730191
09284931
10.1016/j.msec.2019.04.037
Autor
Rial, Ramón
Tahoces, Pablo G.
Hassan, Natalia
Cordero, M. L.
Liu, Zhen
Ruso, Juan M.
Institución
Resumen
Bioceramic nanoparticles have many potential applications within the biomedical device industry. However, these applications demand a precise control of their sizes, shapes and morphology which play a main role in most properties. In this work, we report a new route for the synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles using a microfluidic device. The process is carried out by continuous laminar flow through the device. The obtained nanoparticles have showed same properties (composition, length, orientation, roughness) than those produced by conventional methods, however, our device can afford to fine tune the structure via simple engineering, i.e., produce nanoparticles of different size only by varying the flow velocity. In addition to the efficiency and novelty of this system, the optimization of personnel costs makes it very profitable economically.