Electrochemistry of Immobilized Particles and Droplets (eBook)

Foreword 5
Preface 7
Contents 10
1 Earlier Developed Techniques 13
1.1 Solid Materials 14
1.2 Immiscible Liquids and Solutions 21
2 Electrodes with Immobilized Partlcies and Dropiets - Tliree-Pliase Eiectrodes 23
3 The Experiment 31
3.1 Electrodes, Electrolytes and Electrochemical Cells 31
3.2 Immobilization of Particles 35
3.3 Attachment of Droplets 37
3.4 The Electrochemical Measurement 41
4 Hyphenated Techniques 43
4.1 Optical Techniques and Spectroeiectrocliemistry 44
4.2 Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Tunnelling IVIicroscopy 61
4.3. Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance 68
4.4 In Situ X-ray Diffraction 70
4.5 In Situ Calorimetry 74
5 Immobilized Particles 87
5.1 Metals and Alloys 89
5.2 Minerals and Pigments 93
5.3 Solid Solutions - identification and Quantitative Analysis 110
5.4 Organometallics and Organic Compounds 119
5.5 Electrochemically Initiated Chemical Reactions of Solid Particles 136
5.6 Assessing Structure-Property Relationships 146
5.7 Assessing Kinetic Properties of Electrochemical Dissolution Reactions 153
5.8 The Electrochemistry of Single Particles 159
5.9 Chemical and Enzymatic Conversion of immobiiized Particles 161
5.10 The Screening of Electrocatalysts 165
5.11 Theoretical Aspects of the Voltammetry of Immobilized Particles 167
6 Immobilized Droplets 195
6.1 The Electrochemistry of Redox Liquids 199
6.2 The Electrochemistry of Compounds Dissolved in Droplets 221
6.3 Theoretical Models for the Voltammetry of Immobilized Droplets 239
7 Bibliography 267
Subject Index 297