This volume contains an archival record of the NATO Advanced Study
Institute on Microfluidics Based Microsystems - Fundamentals and App-
cations held in Çe ?me-Izmir, Turkey, August 23-September 4, 2009. ASIs
are intended to be high-level teaching activity in scientific and
technical areas of current concern. In this volume, the reader may find
interesting chapters and various microsystems fundamentals and
applications. As the world becomes increasingly concerned with
terrorism, early - spot detection of terrorist's weapons, particularly
bio-weapons agents such as bacteria and viruses are extremely important.
NATO Public Diplomacy division, Science for Peace and Security section
support research, Advanced Study Institutes and workshops related to
security. Keeping this policy of NATO in mind, we made such a proposal
on Microsystems for security. We are very happy that leading experts
agreed to come and lecture in this important NATO ASI. We will see many
examples that will show us Microfluidics usefulness for rapid
diagnostics following a bioterrorism attack. For the applications in
national security and anti-terrorism, microfluidic system technology
must meet the challenges. To develop microsystems for security and to
provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art assessment of the existing
research and applications by treating the subject in considerable depth
through lectures from eminent professionals in the field, through
discussions and panel sessions are very beneficial for young scientists
in the field.
