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Microreaction technology is the logically consistent application of
microsystem techniques in chemical reaction and process
engineering. Miniaturization in this field is the strategy of
success and requires the development of small, inexpensive,
independent and versatile chemical reaction units. Microreaction
technology is at present regarded as one of the fastest evolving
and most promising disciplines in chemical engineering,
combinatorial synthesis and analysis, pharmaceutical drug
development and molecular biotechnology. A broad range of
microstructurable materials is a prerequisite for microreaction
technology and the development of microreactors goes hand in hand
with the availability of a number of modem, versatile
microfabrication technologies. Today, it is possible to manufacture
tbree dimensional microstructures, almost without any restrictions
with regard to design and choice of suitable materials, for various
chemical applications -just in time to support the development of
functional units for microreactors, e. g. micromixers, micro heat
exchangers, micro extractors, units for phase transfer, reaction
cham bers, intelligent fluidic control elements and microanalysis
systems. The advantages of microreactors, e. g. the use of novel
process routes, the re duction of reaction byproducts, the
improvement of 'time to market', the high flexibility for all
applications requiring modular solutions, have had a strong im pact
on concepts of sustainable development. Many of the leading
companies and research institutes in the world have recognized the
tremendous possibilities of microreactor concepts and of their
economic potential, and have thus initiated worldwide research and
development activities."
IMRET 5 featured more than 80 oral and poster communications, covering the entire interdisciplinary field from design, production, modeling and characterization of microreactor devices to application of microstructured systems for production, energy and transportation, including many analytical and biological applications. A particularly strong topic was the investigation of the potential of microstructuring of reactors and systems components for process intensification. Perspectives of combining local, in situ, data acquisition with appropriate microstructuring of actuators and components within chemical and biological devices were explored in order to enhance process performance and facilitate process control.
The present book is the account of a workshop on Integrated Optics
and Micro-Optics with Polymers held in spring 1992 at Mainz and
organized by IMM Institute of Microtechnology GmbH, the Max Planck
Institute of Poly mer Research, and the Institute of Applied
Physics of Friedrich Schiller University at Jena. The field of
Integrated Optics and Micro-Optics with Polymers is receiving
growing interest from multiple sides. Among the important reasons
are the potential of tailoring materials for a specific
application, the easy and cheap availability of those materials,
and the possibilities of mass fabrica tion with plastiCS.
Accordingly, materials researchers, microtechnologists, process
engineers, and device builders are active in this field. Their
interest is fed from prospective applications of integrated or
micro-optical devices and systems in telecommunication, sensors,
optical switching and routing, and, in a more distant future,
optical processing. The workshop succeeded to bring together more
than 130 experimenta lists and theorists, physicists and chemists,
device developers and users, materials researchers and process
engineers, as well as polymer scien tists and those dealing with
anorganic materials, coming from industry, research institutes, and
universities."
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