| abstract |
The invention relates to a device and a method for producing nanoparticles, in which method starting materials (105A, 105B) for nanoparticles are mixed at least as liquid droplets (202A, 202B) and, optionally, also as gases and/or vapours with at least combustion gases in a premixing chamber (201). This mixture (212) is separated for liquid drops larger than 5-50 micrometer (214), whereafter the processed mixture (217) is conducted to a thermal reactor, such as flame or plasma, in which the starting materials react and the optional solvents evaporate and generate, through nucleation and/or sintering and/or agglomeration, particles having a diameter of 1 to 1000 nanometres (109). |