part, PART I Fundamentals -- chapter 1 Electrochemical microsystem technologies: principles / chapter 2 Application for homogeneous electrochemistry: measurements of fast reaction kinetics J. HEINZE AND K. BORGWARTH -- chapter 3 Fundamentals of scanning electrochemical microscopy / chapter 4 Electrochemical microcells and surface analysis / chapter 5 Application of optical micro-methods and lasers in electrochemistry / chapter 6 Nucleation and growth in microsystem technology / part, PART II Micropatterning -- chapter 7 High resolution lithography / chapter 8 Advanced plating technology for electronics packaging / chapter 9 Micro-electroforming of miniaturized devices for chemical applications / part, PART III Integration of systems -- chapter 10 Capacitors and micropower systems / chapter 11 Batteries for micropower applications / chapter 12 Micro flow systems for chemical and biochemical applications / chapter 13 Corrosion of microsystems / part, PART IV Microanalysis and microsensors -- chapter 14 Electrochemical microanalysis / chapter 15 Novel approaches to design silicon-based field-effect sensors / chapter 16 Miniaturization of biosensors / chapter 17 Scanning probe microscopy as an analysis tool / chapter 18 Microelectrode techniques for characterization of advanced materials for battery and sensor applications / part, PART V Biological systems -- chapter 19 Microsystems for biosensing nucleic acids and immuno proteins / chapter 20 New microelectrode arrays for biosensing and membrane electroporation / chapter 21 Multi-barrelled ion-selective microelectrodes: measurements of cell volume, membrane potential, and intracellular ion concentrations in invertebrate nerve cells / chapter 22 Nerve cells and lipid vesicles on silicon chips – considerations on ionoelectronic sensors