Research planar designs

Minatom institutions activity, All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (VNIITF, Snezhinsk) and Institute of Physical and Power Engineering (IPPE, Obninsk) of Minatom develop SOFCs of tubular and planar design, respectively. 

Planar shaft electrodes are the most common microstructures to contact the nervous system. The Center for Integrated Sensors and Circuits at the University of Michigan (USA) is most experienced in the microfabrication of this kind of penetrating electrodes [58-63]. The center has established a distribution service providing microprobes to researchers all over the world. A basic illustration of the electrode design is seen in Fig. 9. 

Gabriel Merino was born in Puebla, Mexico, in 1975. He was educated at Universidad de las Americas, Puebla and Cinvestav (where he studied with Prof. Alberto Vela). After a 2-year postdoctoral stay at TU-Dresden, Germany, where he worked with Prof. Gotthard Seifert and Dr. Thomas Heine in several aspects of magnetic response, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the Universidad de Guanajuato. His research interests include design of molecules containing planar tetracoordinate carbon atoms, study of molecular scalar fields, and electron delocalization. He is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers. 

Our recent research on a large series of hexametallates named Anderson [XM6024H6] , [1] [with M = Mo W or Mo(6-x)Wx and X = Co(III) Cr(III) Rh(III) Fe(III) Ni(II) Cu(II) Te(VI) etc.] [5,6,7] enabled the design and preparation of a variety of mixed bi- or tri-metallic phases which show interesting structural and redox properties, and can be used especially in heterogeneous catalysis. These planar heteropolyanions are precursors that provide well-dispersed bi- or tri-metallic ensembles on supports and have been proved successfully on some catalytic processes such as hydrotreating, ammoxidation, etc. [3,8,9]. 

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