The purpose of this book is to focus attention on some emerging ideas and concepts, attempting a projection of the future and giving an overview of the present state of affairs. It aims to spawn further growth in ideas and encourage applications to increasingly broader segments of both clinical and general analytical chemistry fields.

The purpose of this book is to focus attention on some of these ideas and concepts. In doing so, it has captured a glimpse of the past and it attempts a projection of the future, but mostly it reveals an overview of the field as it exists as the present time. It aims to serve to spawn further growth in ideas and encourage applications to increasingly broader segments of both clinical and general analytical chemistry fields.