Miniaturization has cost and time-saving advantages for numerous applications in chemistry, pharmacy, medicine and biotechnology. Additionally, microreaction technology offers new solutions for the automobile industry and environmental technology, e.g. fuel cells, or mobile sensor systems for on-the-spot analysis. Therefore, the 3rd International Conference on Microreaction Technology - IMRET 3 is an important forum for creating awareness of the wide variety of the new trends in this up-and-coming discipline.

1 Opening Lectures

Process Intensification Through Miniaturization of Chemical and Thermal Systems in the 21st Century
Implementation of Microreaction Technology in Process Engineering
2 Design and Production of Microreactor Systems
Lecture Session
Fabrication and Application of Silicon-based Microchannels
Macroporous and Mesoporous Silicon: New Materials for Microfluidic and Microreaction Devices
The Effect of Shape Variation in Microlamination on the Performance of High-Aspect-Ratio, Metal Microchannel Arrays
Fabrication of MicroChannel Chemical Reactors Using a Metal Lamination Process
Poster Session
Microreactor Technology for Biological Applications
Laserprocessing for Manufacturing Microfluidic Devices
Functional Coatings for Microstructure Reactors and Heat Exchangers
Polymer Nanowell Plates with Variable Well Slope Angles
Micro Molding of Fluidic Devices for Biochemical Applications
3 Microreactors in Combinatorial Chemistry
Lecture Session
Combinatorial Organic Compound Libraries on Continuous Surfaces: Towards Chemical Chips
4 Microreactors in Production Processes
Lecture Session
Electrochemical Microreactors: A New Approach for Microreaction Technology
High Temperature HCN Generation in an Integrated Microreaction System..
Micro Mixing Effects in Continuous Radical Polymerization
Novel Liquid Phase Microreactors for Safe Production of Hazardous Specialty Chemicals
Experiences with the Use of Microreactors in Organic Synthesis
A Microstructured Reactor for the Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane to Syngas
Expansion of Microreactor Capabilities through Improved Thermal Management and Catalyst Deposition
Synthesis of Ethylene Oxide in a Microreaction System
Selective Reactions in MicroChannel Reactors
Periodic Operation in MicroChannel Reactors
Poster Session
Micro-Reactor Synthesis: Synthesis of Cyanobiphenyls Using a Modified Suzuki Coupling of an Aryl Halide and Aryl Boronic Acid
Optimization of Reaction-Separation Networks via Mass Integration on the ?-Scale
Modelling of Gas-Liquid Catalytic Reactions in Microchannels
Simultaneous Screening of Catalysts in Microchannels: Methodology and Experimental Setup
Palladium Membrane Microreactors
A Micro Packed-Bed Reactor for Chemical Synthesis
Parallel Synthesis and Testing of Heterogeneous Catalysts
Single Flow Electrochemical Microreactor Application to Furan Methoxylation
5 Microfluidics
Lecture Session
Microfluidic Devices for Sample Preparation (Liquid) in the Nanoliter Range
Liquid Handling in the Pico- and Nanoliter Range
Flow-Through Microdispenser for Liquid Handling in a Levitated-Droplet Based Analyzing System
Simulation of Microscale Chemical Separation Processes Using the Lattice-Boltzmann Method
Modelling of Complex Reaction-Separation Processes in a D.C. Electric Field in Microchannels
Poster Session
Microporous Silica Structures for the Immobilisation of Catalysts and Enhancement of Electroosmotic Flow (EOF) in Micro-Reactors
A New Hydraulic Stroke Amplifier for Microfluidic Components
6 Microreactors for Energy Generation and Storage
Lecture Session
Microchannel Chemical Reactors for Fuel Processing Applications. II. Compact Fuel Vaporization
Microstructured Catalysts for Methanol-Steam Reforming
Fuel Cells for Low Power Applications
Poster Session
Recent Developments in Microtechnology-Based Chemical Heat Pumps
Miniaturised Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with a Plasma Polymerised Electrolyte Membrane
7 Application of Microreactors in Drug Development and Biotechnology
Lecture Session
Rapid PCR in Flow-Through Si Chip Thermocyclers
Disposable Electrophoresis Chip for High Throughput Analysis of Biomolecules
A Micromachined Analysis System for Rapid Protein Identification
Simulation of Biochemical Reaction Kinetics in Microfluidic Systems
Microfluidic Devices on Polymer Substrates for Bioanalytical Applications
Poster Session
Transfer of Plasmid DNA into Cells with Microelectroporation Arrays on a Chip
On-line Monitoring of Enzyme Activities Using Microreactor Heat Power Meters
Isothermal Biochemical Amplification in Miniaturized Reactors with Integrated Microvalves
Microfluidic Filtration Chip for DNA Extraction and Concentration
8 Commercialization of Microreaction Technology
Lecture Session
The Commercial Use of Multilayer Microcapsules for Biotechnological Applications
9 Microreaction Devices
Lecture Session
A Capillary Force Filled Auto-Mixing Device
Fast Heating and Cooling for High Temperature Chemical Microreactors
Gas/Liquid Microreactors for Direct Fluorination of Aromatic Compounds Using Elemental Fluorine
Solvent Extraction and Gas Absorption Using MicroChannel Contactors
Poster Session
Polymer Membranes for Product Enrichment in Microreaction Technology
Compact Heat Exchangers
Optimizing the Geometry of a Catalytic Enzyme Microreactor in Porous Silicon
High Aspect Ratio Silicon Micromachined Heat Exchanger
Comparison of Two Microvalve Designs Fabricated in Mild Steel
Integrated Microfluidics/Electrochemical Sensor System for Field-Monitoring of Toxic Metals
Thermoelectrical Measurement System for Chemical Instrumentation
Electrically Heated Microstructure Heat Exchangers and Reactors
Analytical Module for In-line IR Spectroscopy of Chemical Reactions in Microchannels
A Microstructure Reactor for Gas Purification
A Flexible Multi-Component Microreaction System for Liquid Phase Reactions
Fast Response Heating Module for Temperature Programmed GC Analysis in Microreaction Systems
A Silicon-based Microreaction System for Analytical Applications
Designing and Constructing Microplants
A Modular Microreactor Design for High-Temperature Catalytic Oxidation Reactions
Microstructured Reactor for Consecutive Heterogeneous/Homogeneous Gas Phase Reactions.