further complements our nanotechnology cluster, forming connections from materials science to medicine, life sciences and analytics. nanotechnology has been a powerful driving force for research for quite a while now, and application potential has become an important factor. public funding, ranging from tens of millions of us dollars to billions annually in industrialized countries such as the usa, japan, china or the european union, is dedicated to industrially relevant projects with perspectives of eventual commercial success. we have several titles published (or coming soon) in these fields: ajayan: nanocomposite science and technology (3-527-30359-6); baltes et al. (eds.): sensors update (book series); caruso (ed.): colloids and colloid assemblies (3-527-30660-9); ehrfeld/ hessel/ löwe: microreactors (3-527-29590-9); fecht/ werner: the nano micro interface (3-527-30978-0); köhler/ fritzsche: nanotechnology (3-527-30750-8); niemeyer/ mirkin (eds.): nanobiotechnology (3-527-30658-7); öberg/ togawa/ spelman (eds.): sensors in medicine and health care (3-527-29556-9); willner/ katz (eds.): bioelectronics (3-527-30690-0); and others. program line: micro & nanotechnology (matsci) relates to: biochemistry, medicine, analytics, engineering