Electroanalytical chemistry definitions

This present book is no more than an introduction to electroanalytical chemistry. It is not a textbook, but is intended for those wanting to learn at a distance, or in the absence of a suitable tutor. Accordingly, the approach taken is that of a series of tutorial questions and worked examples, interspersed with questions for students to attempt in their own time. In no way is this meant to be a definitive text students who have mastered these topics are recommended to consult the books and articles listed in the Bibliography at the end. 

Lingane was a leader in the field of - electro analytical chemistry and wrote, with Kolthoff, the definitive, two volume monograph, Polarography [i] that remains a useful reference work. He also helped develop other electroanalytical techniques, like controlled potential electrolysis, -> coulometry, -> coulometric titrations, and developed an early electromechanical (Lingane-Jones) potentiostat, He wrote the widely-used monograph in this field, Electroanalytical Chemistry (1st edn., 1953 2nd edn., 1958). Lingane received a number of awards, including the Analytical Chemistry (Fisher) Award of the American Chemical Society in 1958. Many of his Ph.D. students, e.g., -> Meites, Fred Anson, Allen Bard, Dennis Peters, and Dennis Evans, went on to academic careers in electrochemistry. 

He is also one of the editors of the Electrochemical Dictionary (to be published by Springer), which is intended to provide encyclopedic coverage of the terms, definitions, and methods used in electrochemistry and electroanalytical chemistry. 

We like to cite the definition of a modified electrode given by Royce Murray in his chapter of Bard s Electroanalytical Chemistry series [6], based on the goals pursued through the modification ... one deliberately seeks in some hopefully rational fashion to immobilize a chemical on an electrode surface so that the electrode thereafter displays the chemical, electr(x hemical, optical, and other properties of the immobilized molecule(s) (...) one selects immobilized chemicals... 

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