Microstructured Reactors as Research Tool

Over the past two decades, MSR have been used in the laboratory as well as in industries. Such activities are regularly reported on various scientific meetings and conferences. One of the most important conferences, IMRET (International Conference on Microreaction Technology), was started in 1997 (Frankfurt, Germany) and is being followed up successful till date. Information on this research area is available in the form of books [7, 38-40]. In addition to the usual update through scientific journal papers, quite a few reviews are published on MSR [4,38,41-46]). 

Besides, there are several reports on mixing and kinetics studies involving handling of hazardous reactants using both invasive and noninvasive techniques. 

The prominent industries that benefited from microstructured devices are pharmaceutical, specialty, and fine chemical industry. A few micro-plants have been developed and successfully tested in the laboratory as well as on commercial sites 

MSR/mixer design and fabrication, process deveiopment Fraunhofer ICT-IMM Mainz [57. 58], Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH [59], Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik BTS [60], Microinnova Engineering GmbH [61] 

MSR design and fabrication, development of laboratory systems Mikroglas GmbH [62], Mikronit microfluidics [63], Little Things Factory [64], Syrris [65] 

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