Abstract

Microfluidics and Flow Chemistry In Radiochemistry: A Perfect (Future) Match?

Giancarlo Pascali, Professor, University of New South Wales

The use of microfluidic systems and flow chemistry was pioneered in radiochemistry in 2004; since then, numerous researchers have shown how using these techniques can provide a much better yield, economy, reliability and safety. This talk will give several examples demonstrating how the unique features of these approaches are a perfect match with the numerous challenges of radiochemistry. However, currently only a small number of commercial synthetic systems adopt these concepts; the last part of this talk will be aimed at proposing some causes for this surprising fact, potentially stimulating useful synergies with the traditional pharmaceutical manufacturing actors.