microchemistry

Noun

 * 1)  Chemical techniques for preparing, handling, and analyzing small quantities of chemical compounds, especially masses less than a milligram.
 * 2)  Chemical processes that take place in very small regions, such as on the grain boundaries of a metal.

Quotations

 * 1965 Journal of Colloid Science
 * Microchemistry during the past 30 years has been developing at an ever-increasing rate, yet many chemists using microchemical methods have had little or no training in microchemistry
 * 2000 Annual Progress Report: Fuels for Advanced CIDI Engines and Fuel Cells
 * Electron microscope characterization of particulate matter can be a valuable tool in understanding the microchemistry, morphology and microstructure at an atomic level.