Spinning Disc Processor – TechConnect Briefs

Potential for Scaled-up Manufacture of Chitosan Nanoparticles Using the Spinning Disc Processor

Loh J.W., Lim L.Y., The University of Western Australia, AU

Spinning disc processing (SDP) is an innovative and robust continuous flow technology that has great potential for the scaled up production of nanoparticles. This study examined the feasibility of producing chitosan nanoparticles by SDP technology. [...]

Transforming nano-science to nano-technology: Manipulating the size, shape, surface morphology, agglomeration, phases and defects of silver nano-particles under continuous flow conditions

Iyer S., Raston C.L., Saunders M., The University of Western Australia, AU

Spinning disc processing (SDP) is an instantaneously scalable, continuous flow and high throughput flash nano-fabrication technology which embraces green chemistry metrics. It has been used to prepare silver nano-particles with remarkable control in size (5 [...]