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Electrochemical Surface Science
Author(s) -
Kolb Dieter M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3773(20010401)40:7<1162::aid-anie1162>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , electrochemistry , electrochemical scanning tunneling microscope , deposition (geology) , nanotechnology , electrolyte , surface (topology) , materials science , electrode , surface structure , chemistry , scanning tunneling spectroscopy , crystallography , mathematics , geometry , paleontology , sediment , biology
The last 30 years have seen remarkable changes in interfacial electrochemistry, particularly in the kind of questions that were addressed in electrochemical studies. Ever since classical surface science, traditionally performed under ultrahigh vacuum conditions, has succeeded in describing surfaces and surface reactions on a molecular level, electrochemists longed for a microscopic understanding of the solid/electrolyte interface and, at the same time, searched widely for new experimental ways to reach that goal. Herein, studies are described concerning the structure and the dynamics of bare and adsorbate‐covered electrode surfaces and of metal deposition as a simple, yet important, electrochemical process. In all these cases, the scanning tunneling microscope plays a pivotal role emphasizing the surface‐science approach to the problems.