Future trends in microwave synthesis

This article discusses the current status of microwave organic chemistry and briefly explains how the technology evolved to this point. Several trends in the technology and where it is likely to go in the future are also discussed. These trends include the way in which chemists think about microwave energy, the current method of use and the hardware presently available. Some of the future trends explored are microwave use in relation to materials synthesis, bioscience applications, scale up and flow chemistry.