The final issue of Analytical Methods for 2011 is now online.
The front cover features a Critical Review on one-step manufacturing processes for the prototyping of microfluidic devices from Bastian Rapp of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, and colleagues.
Critical Review: Let there be chip – towards rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices: one-step manufacturing processes
Ansgar Waldbaur, Holger Rapp, Kerstin Länge and Bastian E. Rapp
Anal. Methods, 2011, 3, 2681-2716
DOI: 10.1039/C1AY05253E
On the back cover is work from Carlos Ubide and co-workers at Universidad del País Vasco, Spain who look at process analytical chemistry in a nickel electroplating baths.
Process analytical chemistry in a nickel electroplating bath. Automated sequential injection for additive determination
M. Ostra, C. Ubide, M. Vidal and J. Zuriarrain
Anal. Methods, 2011, 3, 2726-2732
DOI: 10.1039/C1AY05434A
Thank you to all our cover authors this year, and we look forward to bringing you more exciting science (and excellent images!) in 2012.