Publications in Electrochemistry

Since 1971 phase transfer catalysis has emerged as a broadly useful tool(9-16). not only in organic chemistry, but also in inorganic chemistry(17), for new analytical applications(18), in electrochemistry(27a), photochemistry(27b), and especially in polymer chemistry.(21.27-31) The substantial number of publications, patents, reviews, and books (200 to 400 per year since 1980) concerned with PTC in both scientific and commercial applications attests to the high level of interest that this technique has generated. 

The first equivalent circuits involving interfacial resistance were published by the Russian authors, Dolin and Erschler, in 1940. This publication came out early in World War II and was not easily available to Western electrochemists. The British electrochemist, Randies, published an analysis somewhat similar to that of Dolin and Erschler (but derived independently of them) in the Faraday Discussion of Electrode Processes of 1947. Because of the easy availability of his work, his name is associated in most Western literature with the beginning of equivalent circuit work in electrochemistry. 

It is also of interest to note the age of these quotes. It has now been 20 years since the publication of the first papers on chemically modified electrodes. During these 20 years this concept has been the subject of intense research activity. Indeed, it is fair to say that chemically modified electrodes have been the most popular (important ) research area in electrochemistry during the previous two decades. There are now thousands of papers in the literature on this subject fortunately, a number of authoritative reviews of this voluminous literature are available [1-8]. Because of the importance of this field, it is essential that students of modern electrochemistry have a working knowledge of chemically modified electrodes. The objective of this chapter is to provide this knowledge. 

R. C. DeMattei and R.S. Feigelson, in Electrochemistry of Semiconductors and Electronics, eds J. McHardy and F. Ludwig (Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, New Jersey. 1992). 

The Frumkin epoch in electrochemistry [i-iii] commemorates the interplay of electrochemical kinetics and equilibrium interfacial phenomena. The most famous findings are the - Frumkin adsorption isotherm (1925) Frumkin s slow discharge theory (1933, see also - Frumkin correction), the rotating ring disk electrode (1959), and various aspects of surface thermodynamics related to the notion of the point of zero charge. His contributions to the theory of polarographic maxima, kinetics of multi-step electrode reactions, and corrosion science are also well-known. An important feature of the Frumkin school was the development of numerous original experimental techniques for certain problems. The Frumkin school also pioneered the experimental style of ultra-pure conditions in electrochemical experiments [i]. A list of publications of Frumkin until 1965 is available in [iv], and later publications are listed in [ii]. 

P. Stonehart, in Electrochemistry and Clean Energy, Ed. by J.A.G. Drake, ISBN 0-85186-472-4, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Special Publication 146, London England, 1994, pp 16-32. 

The importance gained by IR spectroscopy in electrochemistry was a justified reason for the publication of numerous monographs where the basis of the method as well as examples and applications have been comprehensively covered [15-18]. However, considerable progress has been achieved in the last few years and this makes... 

Real Surface Area Measurements in Electrochemistry (prepared for publication by S. Trasattl and O.A. Petrli) J. Electroanal Chem. 327 (1992) 353 (only for electrodes). 

Several attempts to review HTSC electrochemistry have been made fairly recently [26, 27], but the field is developing very rapidly, and more recent work has contributed considerably to its advancement. Taking into account the recent experimental experience and the progress in the chemistry and physics of HTSC, the quality of current studies is considerably higher than those of the early years. Brief reviews published in 1993 and 1994 [28, 29] selectively covered only a fraction of the available publications. In the present review, we intend to accomplish the following tasks. 

Since the mid-1970s there has been a considerable amount of material published on the influence of ultrasound upon the electrochemistry of metal systems. Most of this work was carried out in former Eastern block countries and concentrated on such electrochemical processes as corrosion, electrodeposition, and electrochemical dissolution. Recently there has been an upsurge in the interest shown in sonoelectrochemical processes using both non-metal and metal systems worldwide. There have been a considerable number of publications in the employment of ultrasound in areas as diverse as semiconductor production to sono-electrochemical machining and metal finishing. A review by R. Walker [27] into the use of ultrasound in metal deposition systems, provides an introduction into the fundamental effects of ultrasound in plating and metal finishing. 

Dr. Wallace received the inaugural Polymer Science and Technology Award from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute in 1992. He was awarded an ETS Walton Fellowship by Science Foundation Ireland in 2003, and received the RACI Stokes Medal for research in electrochemistry in 2004. Professor Wallace has published more than 400 refereed publications and a monograph (two editions) on inherently conducting polymers for intelligent material systems. He has supervised 50 Ph.D. students to completion. 

Monograph Volumes - The Society sponsors the publication of hardbound Monograph Volumes, which provide authoritative accounts of specific topics in electrochemistry, solid-state science, and related disciplines. 

M. Noel, K. I.Vasur, Cyclic Voltammetry and Frontiers in Electrochemistry, Aspect Publications, London, 1990. 

As for the Electrochemistry of Molten Salts, it was lost worldwide— not in the FSU coxmtries only. The diagram below gives an idea about the scale of this catastrophe. It represents the structure of electrochemical researches in the world through the publications in a representative international journal in 1995-1996, just a few years after these events. As we can see, Molten Salts electrochemistry took the last place among other various branches of electrochemistry. Nothing has been changed since then. 

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