Dynamic electrochemical etching technique is optimized to produce tungsten tips with controllable shape and radius of curvature of less than 10 nm. Nascent features such as "dynamic electrochemical etching" and reverse biasing after "drop-off" are utilized, and "two-step dynamic electrochemical etching" is introduced to produce extremely sharp tips with controllable aspect ratio. Electronic cur...

In this paper photo-electrochemical etching of silicon in HF-based solutions is employed as a versatile technique for fabrication of original silicon microstructures, alternative to commonly used methods. Photo-electrochemical etching, a well known technique for regular macropore formation, has been exploited to produce a multitude of different regular silicon microstructures (microtubes, micro...

entropy as a measure of uncertainty was used to represent the results of the wavelet technique in electrochemical noise analysis. the experimental signals were obtained by recording the electrochemical potential and current noise of 7075 aluminum alloy in 3.5% nacl solution. the electrochemical potential and current noise were decomposed into 16 levels using daubechies wavelets. wavelet output ...

A technique based on the analytical method of lines is presented for predicting shape changes during electrodeposition. The technique is presented for both primary and secondary current distributions. The method presented does not require iterations for nonlinear Butler-Volmer boundary conditions or changing electrode shapes. The technique is based on a semianalytical method developed earlier f...

This paper provides a brief review of a relatively new technique, namely scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), and its applications in measuring, characterising and evaluating corroding systems. Localized corrosion processes and electrochemical activity distributions in surfaces can thus be investigated in real time with high spatial resolution. The SECM is a unique near-field scanning te...

Electrochemical synthesis of poly ortho toludine (POTD) was achieved on Teflon coated cylindrical stainless steel electrodes with base diameter 2mm . Aniline in 2-propyl pentatonic acid solution was polymerized on the surface of stainless steel using cyclic voltametry technique. Adherent and red polymer films were obtained on the electrodes.. The corrosion inhibitive performance of POTD+2PPA , ...

We report a new technique for fabricating electrodes for electrochemical applications with lateral dimensions in the range 15-200 nm and a reproducible, well-defined geometry. This technique allows determining the electrode size by electron microscopy prior to electrochemical measurements and without contamination of the metal electrode. We measured the diffusion-limited current with stepped-cu...

A new technique for direct-writing of polymer nanostructures on insulating and semiconducting surfaces based on Electrochemical Dip-Pen Nanolithography (E-DPN) is described. The technique is based on electrochemical polymerization of monomers directly underneath the AFM tip. Sub-50 nm poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene lines can be easily created. Such capability to direct-write and pattern polyme...

Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) is a new pipette-based imaging technique purposely designed to allow simultaneous electrochemical, conductance, and topographical visualization of surfaces and interfaces. SECCM uses a tiny meniscus or droplet, at the end of a double-barreled (theta) pipette, for high-resolution functional imaging and nanoscale electrochemical measurements. Here ...