title: Miniaturized continuous flow reaction vessels: influence on chemical reactions.
abstract: This review offers an overview of the relatively young research area of continuous flow lab-on-a-chip for synthetic applications. A short introduction on the basic aspects of lab-on-a-chip is given in the first part. Subsequently, the effects of downscaling reaction vessels as well as the advantages of the continuous flow microfluidic approach over conventional chemical laboratory batch methodologies are illustrated by a number of examples of organic reactions carried out in microfluidic devices. The last part deals with a key issue of the lab-on-a-chip approach, viz. the integration of the microreactor with the analytical instrumentation to achieve high-throughput reaction monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry and Technology, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brivio
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Verboom
authors.forename: David N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Reinhoudt
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D009942:Organometallic Compounds