Influence of electrode size and geometry on electrochemical experiments with combined SECM-SFM probes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Pust, Sascha E ^a,c   Salomo, Marc ^b   Oesterschulze, Egbert ^b   Wittstock, Gunther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ELECTRODES; CORRELATED DATA; ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIVITY; ELECTRODE SIZE; GOLD ELECTRODES; HIGH-LATERAL RESOLUTION; LATERAL RESOLUTION; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY; MODEL SUBSTRATES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SAMPLE MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SECM IMAGES; SIZE RANGES; SMALL SIZE; SUB-100 NM; WORKING DISTANCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBES; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 77149130966     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/10/105709     Document Type: Article

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