Abstract
    Spray drying is a continuous operation that converts atomized liquid droplets into dry particles usually in a high temperature environment. Due to its scalable feeding capacity and efficient process manipulation spray drying has become one of the most important powder manufacturing methods in both research laboratory and industry, covering food, pharmaceutical, agrochemical and ceramic materials, etc. However, to prompt R&D in spray-dried particle engineering it is optimal to reproducibly obtain uniform particle characteristics (e.g. particle size, texture, porosity, shape, morphology and moisture content, etc.) and functionalities (e.g. solubility, dispersibility, flowability and catalytic properties, etc.) for every individual particle of a single batch. It, therefore, requires monodisperse atomized droplets and identical evaporation process for every droplet inside the dryer chamber.

    This presentation will introduce a specially designed micro-fluidic-aerosol-nozzle (MFAN) able to form monodisperse droplets and some relevant fluid mechanics studies. Moreover, two types of micro-fluidic-jet spray dryer (MFJSD) equipped with the MFAN atomizing system will be presented, including their applications in fabricating pharmaceutical, functional food, magnetic, photoluminescent and mesoporous microparticles with tuneable size and texture.

吴铎博士简介：
    澳大利亚蒙纳士大学化学工程学院研究员。2001至2010年先后于中南大学获冶金材料工程学士学位、澳大利亚墨尔本大学获生物医学工程学位、澳大利亚蒙纳士大学获化学工程博士学位，师从陈晓东院士。主要从事三项澳大利亚科学基金项目的研究工作，至今已在AIChE. J., Soft Matter, Langmuir, Int. J. Pharm., Chem. Eng. Sci., Biochem. Eng. J. 等知名国际学术期刊上发表论文18篇，国际会议论文12篇，多次获学科专业奖项。吴铎博士是2010年“国家优秀自费留学生奖”获得者，作为2009、2010两年全球共1000位获奖者中的30位代表之一，受邀对中国科学院进行了为期两周的访问。曾任2010-2012年度“墨尔本中国博士沙龙”主席，该组织目前会员超过200名，主要是由在墨尔本地区工作和学习的中国青年学者和博士生组成，曾成功组织多个大型学术、人才交流活动。2010年，吴铎博士所参与团队的创业项目获得2010年“第五届春晖杯留学人员创新创业大赛”一等奖。本次入选教育部“春晖计划”受邀访问兰州大学。

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