The journal Microchimica Acta (MCA) publishes articles on all aspects of modern microchemical sciences. Coverage includes fundamental studies, practical applications, new approaches to instrumentation and micro-/nano-materials such as micro- and nanoparticles. It also reports on methods of trace analysis, on new schemes related to microseparation, spectroscopy, electroanalysis and (bio)chemical sensing, on surface and solid-state (micro)analysis, on lab automation (as it relates to microchemistry), and micro- and nano-techniques including µ-TAS and nano-TAS. MCA also publishes articles on modern applications of methods, materials and techniques to real-world challenges in environmental, clinical, food, or process analysis; geochemistry and studies on objects of art; the characterization and analysis of materials including polymers, particles and thin films, of metals and semiconductors, of (bio)organic and clinical samples, and of industrial products in general.