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Electrochemical engineering in an age of discovery and innovation
Author(s) -
Alkire Richard C.,
Braatz Richard D.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.10308
Subject(s) - library science , chemical laboratory , citation , engineering , engineering physics , art history , computer science , art , chemical safety , biochemical engineering
Electrochemical phenomena play a central role in the fabrication as well as the functional capabilities of great many materials, processes, and devices . . .. from biological ion channels, to on-chip interconnections between transistors, and the spontaneous behavior of millions of corrosion sites on a metal as they interact to result in a catastrophic failure. The common feature of these example systems, along with a great many others, is that their behavior is largely determined as a result of concerted interactions based primarily on electrochemical phenomena that extend over many length scales. Electrochemical phenomena control the existence and movement of charged species in the bulk, as well as across interfaces between, ionic, electronic, semiconductor, photonic, and dielectric materials. The existing technology base of the electrochemical field is massive and long-standing (Srinivasan and Lipp, 2003; National Materials Advisory Board, 1986). The pervasive occurrence of these phenomena in technological devices and processes, as well as in natural systems, is illustrated by several examples: