Scientists use a Teflon pipe to make a cheap, simple reactor for silica particle synthesis: Functional silica beads for biomedical imaging, drug delivery and other important applications could be made using an easy new flow synthesis method. – Science Daily

The synthesis of silica particles, used in bioimaging and drug delivery, could become considerably cheaper and more efficient by adopting a new flow synthesis method which involves a spiral channel and simple Teflon pipe to promote the rapid mixing of precurs…