Electrochemistry

InTech, 2013. — 208 p. The reasons for this book are twofold. First is to show the all-pervasive and interdisciplinary nature of electrochemistry, and particularly of electrode reactions, through a description of modern electrochemistry. Secondly to show the students and the non-specialists that this subject is not separated from the rest of chemistry, and how they can use it. Contents Preface Chromatographic, Polarographic and Ion-Selective Electrodes Methods for Chemical Analysis of Groundwater Samples in Hydrogeological Studies (Ricardo Salgado and Manuela Simões) Electron Beam Ablation Phenomenon – Theoretical Model and Applications (V.E. Ptitsin) Oxidation Chemistry of Metal(II) Salen-Type Complexes (Yuichi Shimazaki) Membrane Electrochemistry: Electrochemical Processes in Bilayer Lipid Membrane (Mohammed Awad Ali Khalid) Potentiometric Determination of Ion-Pair Formation Constants of Crown Ether-Complex Ions with Some Pairing Anions in Water Using Commercial Ion-Selective Electrodes (Yoshihiro Kudo) Shape Classification for Micro and Nanostructures by Image Analysis (F. Robert-Inacio, G. Delafosse and L. Patrone) Electroanalytical Sensor Technology (Aoife C. Power and Aoife Morrin) Microfluidic Devices Fabrication for Bioelectrokinetic System Applications (Nurul Amziah Md Yunus) Electrochemistry Has Been Undergoing Significant Transformations In The Last Few Decades. It Is Now The Province Of Academics Interested Only In Measuring Thermodynamic Properties Of Solutions And Of Industrialists Using Electrolysis Or Manufacturing Batteries, With A Huge Gap Between Them. It Has Become Clear That These, Apparently Distinct Subjects, Alongside Others, Have A Common Ground And That They Have Grown Towards Each Other, Particularly As A Result Of Research Into The Rates Of Electrochemical Processes. Such Evolution Is Due To A Number Of Factors, And Offers The Possibility Of Carrying Out Reproducible, Dynamic Experiments Under An Ever-increasing Variety Of Conditions With Reliable And Sensitive Instrumentation. This Has Enabled Many Studies Of A Fundamental And Applied Nature, To Be Carried Out.