The ever increasing global demand on fossil resources that are limited in reserves has directed numerous research efforts recently towards the development of more sustainable feedstocks as the source for the production of fuels,chemicals and(performance)materials.Conversion of biomass(particularly lignocellulose as the most abundant biomass resource)and its derivatives to value-added chemicals is currently one of the focuses of many research and development activities along this research line.Microreactor technology as an important means of process intensification holds great promises for such bio-based chemical manufacturing,especially when it comes to the manipulation of multiphase(catalytic)processes.