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In the first part of the present review, new techniques of preparation of modified electrodes and their electrochemical properties are presented. The second part is devoted to applications based on electrochemical reactions of solute species at modified electrodes. Special focus is given to the general requirements for the use of modified electrodes in synthetic and analytical organic electrochemistry. The subject has been reviewed several times Besides the latest general review by Murray a number of more recent overview articles have specialized on certain aspects macro-molecular electronics theoretical aspects of electrocatalysis organic applicationssensor electrodes and applications in biological and medicinal chemistry. 

Fuel cells based on unmediated electrocatalysis by heme-containing sugar dehydrogenases have not yet been tested in biological fluids, but may be useful for implantable applications, as they avoid the need for toxic or expensive mediators and have minimal design constraints. Realistically, the lifetime of biofuel cells is still insufficient for biomedical applications requiring surgical installation. 

In recent years, electrochemical charge transfer processes have received considerable theoretical attention at the quantum mechanical level. These quantal treatments are pivotal in understanding underlying processes of technological importance, such as electrode kinetics, electrocatalysis, corrosion, energy transduction, solar energy conversion, and electron transfer in biological systems. 

Advanced functional inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) have been studied intensively in the last couple of decades due to their unusual chemical and physical properties compared with their bulk materials, which enable them to be promising in applications as diverse as electronics,1 optics,2 optoelectronics,3 nanosensors,4 information storage,5 fuel cells,6 biomedicine,7 biological labeling,8 gene delivery,9 electrocatalysis,10 and surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS).11,12 For instance, metal NPs with... 

In the last few decades, metal clusters and nanomaterials have attracted increasing attention due to their unique properties which differ from those of the bulkd Metal nano-objects are of great interest in the field of nanosciences. They are the ideal structures for fundamental research and applications. Indeed, from the confinement of the charge carriers in such limited objects, one expects a shift of the plasmon resonance absorption, non-linear optical effects, non-metallic conductivity, and nanocatalytic effects. Nanomaterials can have important applications in several fields such as catalysis, electrocatalysis, electronics, optical limitation, biology, etc. 

Recent developments in material science, electrochemical reactor design, and electrocatalysis have led to an increasing number of electrolytic applications in the area of effluent treatment. These developments have allowed electrochemical treatment processes to become competitive with physicochemical and biological processes, in terms of both capital and operating costs. Some cost-competitive cases of electrochemical pollution control have appeared in the literature over the past several years [1-6]. 

Metalloporphyrins, biological functions and syntheses of 78AG425. Metalloporphyrins, electrocatalysis on 86MI11 SOUK 1498. 

There are about 30 electro-organic synthesis processes thought to be in production and 100 additional ones that have been demonstrated to be feasible on bench scale. In recent years electrocatalysis has been shown to have significant promise in such reactions in many cases, these simulate biological processes and show equivalent selectivity. 

Nowadays, the construction of electrochemical biosensors based on the use of gold nanoparticles constitutes an intensive research area because of the unique advantages that this nanomaterial lends to biosensing devices. So, gold nanoparticles provide a stable surface for immobilization of biomolecules with no loss of their biological activity. Moreover, they facilitate direct electron transfer between redox proteins and electrode materials, and constitute useful interfaces for the electrocatalysis of redox processes of molecules such as H202 or NADH involved in many biochemical reactions (1, 2). 

The term bioelectrocatalysis covers a group of phenomena associated with the acceleration of electrochemical reactions in the presence of biological catalysts—enzymes. It is a new trend in bioelectrochemical research which has sprung up at the junction of bioengineering and electrocatalysis. 

CP nanocomposites exhibit multifunctional and unique properties. Therefore, many CP nanocomposites are used in many fields, such as nanoelectronic devices, chemical or biological sensors, catalysis or electrocatalysis, energy, ultracapacitors, ER fluids, and biomedicine. ... 

Among the huge number of applications of functionalized ECPs, when focusing on electrochemical properties, one has to deal with electrocatalysis. Several reactions, notably of biological interest, are rather sluggish and require catalysis to operate in mild conditions oxygen reduction, nitric oxide or... 

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