Electrochemical nanotechnology

Landman, U., and W. D. Luedtke, Consequences of tip-sample interactions, in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy III, R. Wiesendanger and H. J. Guntherodt Eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1993. Lorentz, W. J., and W. Plieth, Eds., Electrochemical Nanotechnology, Wiley-VCH, New York, 1996. 

Stimming U, Vogel R. 1998. In-situ local probe techniques at electrochemical interfaces. In Lorenz WJ, Plieth W, eds. Electrochemical Nanotechnology. Weinheim Wiley-VCH. 

For advanced electrochemical applications of SAMs in this area, their design is, therefore, a key issue. While SAMs are often perceived to form easily well-defined structures, a closer look into the literature reveals that thiol SAMs, in fact, very often lack the structural quality anticipated. Contrasting their ease of preparation, orga-nosulfur SAMs represent systems whose structure is determined by a complex interplay of interactions and if those are not properly taken into account, a SAM of limited structural quality and performance will result. To optimize SAMs for electrochemical applications and to exploit their properties for electrochemical nanotechnology it is, therefore, crucial to identify the factors controlling their structure. For this reason we start with an account of the structural aspects of SAMs. 

Electrochemical nanotechnologies using ultramicroelectrodes such as the tips of electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopes and related devices [446,447] are of special interest both, for conducting local electrosynthesis and for electrochemical modification. The tip nanotechnique in electrolyte solutions ensures the optimal level of surface purity, offers additional possibilities in governing the processes by varying the potentails of the tip electrode and the substrate, and may also be used for... 

Catalysis and Electrocatalysis at Nanoparticle Surfaces is a modern, authoritative treatise that provides comprehensive coverage of recent advances in nanoscale catalytic and electrocatalytic reactivity. It is a new reference on catalytic and electrochemical nanotechnology, surface science, and theoretical modeling at the graduate level. 

W. J. Lorenz, W. Plieth, Electrochemical Nanotechnology, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1998. 

Electrolytic Metal Deposition, Fundamental Aspects and Applications (eds A.S. Dakkouri and D.M. Kolb), Proceedings of the 5th Ulmer Elektrochemische Tage, Reprint from Z. Phys. Chem. 208, Part 1-2 (1999). Lorenz, W.J. and Plieth, W. (eds) (1998) Electrochemical Nanotechnology, In situ Local Probe Techniques at Electrochemical Interfaces, Wiley-VCH, New York. Lipkowski, J. and Ross, P.N. (eds)... 

Lorenz, H.J. and Plieth, W. (1998). Electrochemical nanotechnology. In situ Local Probe Techniques at Electrochemical Interfaces. Wiley-VCH. 

Electrochemical nanotechnology utilizes electrochemical processes and techniques. We have been publishing several books in series, on electrochemical nanotechnologies. [1-6] This book deals mainly with applications of electrochemical nanotechnology in the fields of magnetic recording, ULSl interconnection, energy devices, bio-analysis, and bio-electrochemistry. 

Osaka T (2004) Creation of highly functional thin films using electrochemical nanotechnology. Chem Rec 4 346-362... 

Summary. Electrochemical nanotechnology and its analytical and preparative aspects using local probe techniques such as STM and AFM are described. Typical examples for in-situ application of local probe methods in different electrochemical systems are discussed UPD and OPD of metals and nanostructuring of metal, semiconductor, and superconductor surfeces. 

Investigations of UPD and OPD of metals leading to 2D and 3D Me phase formation are of great interest for electrochemical nanotechnology. Application of in-situ local probe techniques in this field gives new analytical information on an atomic level and offers possibilities for a defined nanostructuring of solid-state surfaces. 

---