Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Pickering emulsion droplet-based biomimetic microreactors for continuous flow cascade reactions

  • Ming Zhang,
  • Rammile Ettelaie,
  • Lianlian Dong,
  • Xiaolong Li,
  • Ting Li,
  • Xiaoming Zhang,
  • Bernard P. Binks,
  • Hengquan Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28100-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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A continuous flow cascade of multi-step catalytic reactions would provide significant advantages in faster reaction times, waste reduction, and lowered step-count of syntheses, yet this ideal remains challenging in practical applications. Here the authors describe continuous flow cascade catalysis through co-localization of two catalytically active subcompartments within Pickering emulsion droplets.