Hmmm.. I guess Nanoco/DOW's batch method wasn't so successful after all? Looks like Steve had it figured out. Maybe one person can see what 1000's can't.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
-Nikola Tesla
From the application
We have now found that the rapid heating and cooling continuous flow reaction systems as disclosed herein can provide nanostructure material reaction product of enhanced properties, including in comparison to product produced by a batch synthesis process. In particular, we found that nanostructure material reaction product produced in a batch process had a significantly broader size distribution than the same nanostructure material reaction product produced through a continuous flow reaction system as disclosed herein.
[0004] In general, batch synthesis of nanoparticles suffers from disadvantages of slow mixing and heating, and batch-to-batch reproducibility issues. These issues escalate further when scaling up. See also U.S. Pat. No. 7,833,506; US2002/0144644; US 2014/0026714; and US2014/0326921.