List of Contributors.

1. Fabrication of Microreactors Made from Metals and Ceramics (Juergen J. Brandner).

1.1. Manufacturing techniques for Metals.

1.2. Ceramic Devices.

2. Fabrication and Assembling of Microreactors Made from Glass and Silicon (Thomas Frank).

2.1. How Microreactors are Constructed.

2.2. Glass as Material.

2.3. Silicon as Material.

2.4. The Structuring of Glass and Silicon.

2.5. Structuring by Means of Masked Etching in Microsystems technology.

2.6. Etching Technologies.

2.7. Chip removing Processing.

2.8. Bonding Methods.

2.9. Establishing Fluid Contact.

2.10. Other Materials.

3. Properties and Use of Microreactors (David Barrow).

3.1. Introduction.

3.2. Physical Characteristics of Microreactors.

3.3. Fluid Flow and Delivery Regimes.

3.4. Multifunctional Integration.

3.5. Uses of Microreactors.

4. Organic Chemistry in Microreactors.

4.1. Homogeneous Reactions (Takahide Fukuyama, Md Taifur Rahman, Ilhyong Ryu).

4.2. Heterogeneous Reactions (Ian R. Baxendale, John J. Hayward, Steve Lanners, Steven V. Ley, Christopher D. Smith).

4.3. Liquid-Liquid Biphasic Reactions (Batoul Ahmed-Omer, Thomas Wirth).

4.4. Gas-Liquid Reactions (Volker Hessel, Patrick Löb, Holger Löwe).

4.5. Bioorganic Reactions (Kaspar Koch, Floris P.J.T. Rutjes, Jan C.M. van Hest).

5. Industrial Microreactors Process Development up to Production (Volker Hessel, Patrick Löb, Holger Löwe).

5.1. Mission Statement from Industry on Impact and Hurdles.

5.2. Screening Studies in Laboratory.

5.3. Process Development at Laboratory Scale.

5.4. Pilots Plants and Production.

5.5. Challenges and Concerns.

Index.