About this Research Topic
Self-assembled polymers systems as well as porous particles have gained interests for their applications as dispersable nano- or microreactors taking advantage of the confined environment they offer. Such systems include e.g., polymersomes, copolymer micelles, capsules as well as (meso)porous silicates, zeolites, metal oxides and other particles of various shape and size ranging from nanometers to micrometers. They can bring numerous advantages with respect to classical batch reactors related to isolated small compartments they provide that can be loaded with reactants and thanks to confined environment they can enhance the reaction kinetics and enable easy scaling of the processes due to dispersion of such reactors in an aqueous medium (green chemistry conditions).
This Research Topic is meant to report on recent advances in syntheses of nano- and microreactor systems and their applications in e.g. (bio)catalysis, degradation of environmental pollutants, synthesis of fuel compounds in cost effective ways. Addressing the methods of controlled stimuli-responsive loading and unloading of the reactors, their manipulations and separations from the media using magnetic field or other stimuli would be particularly expected as they are crucial problems to tackle for the development of the field. Broadening the scope of the reactions that can be performed in typical nano- and microreactors would be also of interest with special focus on the impact of confined environment on the kinetics, selectivity, or overall efficiency of the processes.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Polymer nano- and microparticles serving as reactors
• Mesoporous silica particles
• Nanostructured microparticles as templates for catalysts
• Nano- and microcapsules with magnetic functionality
• Kinetics in confined environments
• Multicompartment capsules
This Research Topic is meant to report on recent advances in syntheses of nano- and microreactor systems and their applications in e.g. (bio)catalysis, degradation of environmental pollutants, synthesis of fuel compounds in cost effective ways. Addressing the methods of controlled stimuli-responsive loading and unloading of the reactors, their manipulations and separations from the media using magnetic field or other stimuli would be particularly expected as they are crucial problems to tackle for the development of the field. Broadening the scope of the reactions that can be performed in typical nano- and microreactors would be also of interest with special focus on the impact of confined environment on the kinetics, selectivity, or overall efficiency of the processes.
We welcome Original Research, Review, Mini Review and Perspective articles on themes including, but not limited to:
• Polymer nano- and microparticles serving as reactors
• Mesoporous silica particles
• Nanostructured microparticles as templates for catalysts
• Nano- and microcapsules with magnetic functionality
• Kinetics in confined environments
• Multicompartment capsules
Keywords: Nanoreactors, microreactors, microcapsules, mesoporous particles, confined environments
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