The deliberate manipulation of electrodic surfaces consists of an area of continuing interest, because this approach leads to an improvement in the ability to recognize molecules and carry out electron transfer processes at higher rates. Hence, one of the dominant subjects in electrochemistry is the attempt to control the chemical composition and morphological structure of the electrode surface...

We report on the electronic transport through nanoscopic metallic contacts under the influence of external light fields. Various processes can be of relevance here, whose underlying mechanisms can be studied by comparing different kinds of atomic contacts. For this purpose two kinds of contacts, which were established by electrochemical deposition, forming a gate-controlled quantum switch (GCQS...

Site-specific electrochemical deposition is used to prepare polystyrene (PS)-Ag Janus particle arrays with superhydrophobic properties. The analyte molecules can be significantly enriched using the superhydrophobic property of the PS-Ag Janus particle array before SERS detections, enabling an extremely sensitive detection of molecules in a highly diluted solution (e.g., femtomolar level). This ...

A mercury ultramicroelectrode (Hg-UME) has been prepared by electrochemical deposition of mercury on an iridium substrate. The iridium UMEs can be prepared with radii of l-20 pm using a molten salt etching solution of NaCl and NaNOs. The Ir and Hg UMEs have been characterized by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry, and microscopically, and are shown to exhibit diffusional behavior in accor...

A patterned film (electrode) with lozenge-shaped Si tiles could be successfully fabricated by masking with an expanded metal foil during film deposition. Its electrochemical properties and structural stability during the charge-discharge process were examined and compared with those of a continuous (conventional) film electrode. The patterned electrode exhibited a remarkably improved cycleabili...

A novel microelectrode modification method is reported for neural electrode engineering with a flake nanostructure (nanoflake). The nanoflake-modified electrodes are fabricated by combining conventional lithography and electrochemical deposition to implement a microelectrode array (MEA) on a glass substrate. The unique geometrical properties of nanoflake sharp tips and valleys are studied by op...