Chemical droplet reactor

Abstract

Abstract A method and apparatus for combining chemical reactants wherein the method comprises the steps of: 1) dispensing the reactants into a conduit system in the form of discrete volumes or droplets (5, 15, 21, 22, 36) separated from each other by an inert immiscible liquid (1); and 2) changing the flow of the inert immiscible liquid within the conduit system in a precise sequence in such a manner that predetermined discrete volumes coalesce with each other, thereby combining the reactants; and wherein the apparatus is formed by holding two plates (42, 44) together in face to face contact, where one or both plates possesses a set of indentations (43) on the surface to be mated, thereby forming the conduits for reactant combinations.

Inventors

• 👤 Stewart Patrick Douglas Shaw

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