Speaker:
Andreas Voigt


Afilliation:
Max-Planck-Institute


Title:
"Large-scale production of nanoparticles-Process control via Monte-Carlo simulation

Abstract

As nanomaterials are becoming increasingly sought after material for advanced technological applications the investigation of suitable up-scale processes for nanoparticle production is currently an important challenge. So-called microemulsions have been used on a laboratory scale to produce nanosize particles with a narrow size distribution. An technical up-scaling of this process has been started at the Max-Planck-Institute Magdeburg. I will give an introduction into this research and show some first experimental results where we expecially investigate suitable process conditions and sensitive process parameters to influence and control desired particle properties like size, shape and size distribution. In order to speed up the process development Monte-Carlo simulations for the particle precipitation in a microemulsion have been carried out. These simulations will help to understand the underlying dynamics of this process and will be used for a corresponding process control.


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