3. Intensified research and development

Microsystems help to speed up research, because, just as in biology, miniaturization increases the rate of testing of operating conditions in physical chemistry. Equipped with appropriate analysis systems, lab-on-a-chip systems are highly efficient platforms for acquiring basic data, particularly useful for engineers and technicians whose objectives range from optimizing syntheses or formulations to dimensioning industrial processes in line with green chemistry criteria [CHV 1 010] .