FABRICATION OF MICROREACTORS MADE FROM METALS AND CERAMICS
Manufacturing Techniques for Metals
Ceramic Devices
FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLING OF MICROREACTORS MADE FROM GLASS AND SILICON
How Microreactors are Constructed
Glass as Material
Silicon as Material
The Structuring of Glass and Silicon
Structuring by Means of Masked Etching in Microsystems Technology
Etching Technologies
Chip Removing Processing
Bonding Methods
Establishing Fluid Contact
Other Materials
PROPERTIES AND USE OF MICROREACTORS
Introduction
Physical Characteristics of Microreactors
Fluid Flow and Delivery Regimes
Multifunctional Integration
Uses of Microreactors
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY IN MICROREACTORS
Homogeneous Reactions
Heterogeneous Reactions
Liquid-Liquid Biphasic Reactions
Gas-Liquid Reactions
Bioorganic Reactions
INDUSTRIAL MICROREACTOR PROCESS DEVELOPMENT UP TO PRODUCTION
Mission Statement from Industry on Impact and Hurdles
Screening Studies in Laboratory
Process Development at Laboratory Scale
Pilots Plants and Production
Challenges and Concerns

Thomas Wirth is Professor of Organic Chemistry at Cardiff University (Wales, UK). After a postdoctoral stay with Kaoru Fuji at Kyoto University as a JSPS fellow, he started his independent research in the group of Bernd Giese (Basel). He was invited as a visiting professor to various places: 1999: University of Toronto (Canada), 2000: Chuo University in Tokyo (Japan), 2004: Osaka University (Japan). He was awarded the Werner-Prize from the New Swiss Chemical Society in 2000. He is the author of ~80 publications and has written/edited 4 books.