With this technology, chemical reaction can be carried out through pre-determined paths in order to obtain specific products with high selectivity, such are the cases of the organic synthesis of pharmaceutical products, and the formation of precipitates and of polymeric particles with controlled particle size distribution.

Advantages

The main advantages of the NETmix® technology are: the possibility of maximizing reaction selectivity in a controlled way, a major factor in the fine chemicals industry; the easiness of production scale-up and operation versatility; the minimization of reactants inventory and its inherent safety.

Applications

This technology enables the design of new chemical reactors, from micro-reactors to large-scale reactors, from the production of nanomaterials, emulsions, pharmaceutical products, high-added value chemicals and explosives. The NETmix® technology can be applied at industrial scale for highly exothermic and explosive reactions, since the dynamical temperature control is of simple implementation and due to its high contact area.

The NETmix® technology has been successfully applied to the synthesis of calcium phosphate nanoparticles – nanoXIM – using a proprietary production methodology (PCT/PT2007/000031). Other innovative products were also developed using this technology such as polymeric microcapsules and API (active pharmaceutical ingredients) encapsulation.