A versatile and powerful tool for controlled, quasi-combinatorial solution-phase synthesis of simple and complex nanostructures, especially heterostructured nanoparticles like thick-shell ("giant") core/shell quantum dots and multicomponent/multifunctional nanoparticles, with the option for scaling-up optimized reactions.

Capabilities include:

• A custom, computer-controlled reactor system comprises eight parallel reactors that are individually addressable with a combined capability for:
  • Fully automated, software controlled 'round-the-clock' chemical-precursor additions.
  • Automated sampling.
  • Programmed in-situ optical characterization (absorption, fluorescence, turbidity). Reactor maximum volume and temperature are 250 mL and 300 °C, respectively.