Abstract

Inductive Heating and Microstructured Flow Reactors – A Good Match

Andreas Kirschning, Group Leader, Leibniz University of Hannover

Inductive heating has emerged as a new heating technique in the laboratory, particularly when combined with minituarized flow reactor devices. Traditionally, inductive heating is found in industrial applications like the heating of large metallic objects such as in the bending of pipes, bonding and welding. New fields of application are the preparation of nanotubes as well as hyperthermia in the treatment of cancer. The presentation specifically addresses the use of heatable materials such as superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and conductive metals in many areas of organic flow chemistry and how this enabling technology compares to conventional as well as microwave heating.