"WHAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE BIG, WILL BE SMALL", a word by an engineer at a recent conference on chips technology. This sentence is particularly true for chemistry. Microfabrication technology emerged from microelectronics into areas like mechanics and now chemistry and biology. The engineering of micron and submicron sized features on the surface of silicon, glass and polymers opens a whole new world. Micromotors smaller than human hair have been fabricated and they work fine. It is the declared goal of the authors to bring these different worlds together in this volume. Authors have been carefully chosen to guarantee for the quality of the contents. An engineer, a chemist or a biologist will find new impulses from the various chapters in this book.

Microfabrication, Microstructures and Microsystems

Micro Total Analysis Systems: Microfluidic Aspects, Integration Concept and Applications
Integrated Chip-Based Microcolumn Separation Systems
Biological Application of Microstructures
Polynucleotide Arrays for Genetic Sequence Analysis
Microtechnical Interfaces to Neurons
Fluids for Sensor Systems
Sensor Systems
Sample Preparation In Microstructured Devices
Microreactors for Chemical Synthesis and Biotechnology - Current Developments and Future Applications.