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SECM Literature

Please find here a - surely incomplete - list of articles about scanning electrochemical microscopy and its applications. Due to copyright legislations, we can only place links to the publishers page here.

Pioneering work

• Engstrom, R. C.; Weber, M.; Wunder, D. J.; Burgess, R.; Winquist, S. (1986): measurements within the diffusion layer using a microelectrode probe. In: Anal. Chem., Jg. 58, H. 4, S. 844-848.

• Bard, A. J.; Fan, F. R. F.; Kwak, J.; Lev, O. (1989): scanning electrochemical microscopy - introduction and principles. In: Anal. Chem., Jg. 61, H. 2, S. 132-138.

Reviews on SECM

• Bard, A. J.; Mirkin, M. V. (2001): Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. In: Marcel Dekker, New York.

• Wittstock, G.; Burchardt, M.; Pust, S. E.; Shen, Y.; Zhao, C. (2007): Scanning electrochemical microscopy for direct imaging of reaction rates. In: Angew. Chem. Int. Edit., Jg. 46, H. 10, S. 1584-1617.

• Sun, P.; Laforge, F. O.; Mirkin, M. V. (2007): Scanning electrochemical microscopy in the 21st century. In: Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Jg. 9, H. 7, S. 802-823.

• Mirkin, M. V.; Horroks, B. R. (2000): Electroanalytical measurements using the scanning electrochemical microscope. In: Anal. Chim. Acta, Jg. 406, S. 119-146.

Reviews on SECM in biological / biosensor context

• Stoica, L.; Neugebauer, S.; Schuhmann, Wolfgang (2008): Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) as a tool in biosensor research. In: Adv. Biochem. Eng. Biotechnol., Jg. 109, S. 455-492.

• Edwards, M. A.; Martin, S.; Whitworth, A. L.; Macpherson, J. V.; Unwin, P. R. (2006): Scanning electrochemical microscopy: principles and applications to biophysical systems. In: Physiol. Meas., Jg. 27, H. 12, S. r63-r108.

SECM in corrosion science / AC-SECM, selected papers

• Ballesteros Katemann, B.; Inchauspe, C. G.; Castro, P. A.; Schulte, Albert; Calvo, E. J.; Schuhmann, Wolfgang (2003): Precursor sites for localised corrosion on lacquered tinplates visualised by means of alternating current scanning electrochemical microscopy. In: Electrochim. Acta, Jg. 48, H. 9, S. 1115-1121.

• Eckhard, K.; Erichsen, Thomas; Stratmann, M.; Schuhmann, Wolfgang (2008): Frequency-dependent alternating-current scanning electrochemical microscopy (4D AC-SECM) for local visualisation of corrosion sites. In: Chem.-Eur. J., Jg. 14, H. 13, S. 3968-3976.

• Diakowski, P. M.; Baranski, A. S. (2006): Positive and negative AC impedance feedback observed above conductive substrates under SECM conditions. In: Electrochim. Acta, Jg. 52, H. 3, S. 854-862.

SECM in electrocatalysis, selected papers

• Eckhard, K.; Schuhmann, Wolfgang (2007): Localised visualisation of O-2 consumption and H2O2 formation by means of SECM for the characterisation of fuel cell catalyst activity. In: Electrochim. Acta, Jg. 53, H. 3, S. 1164-1169.

• Kucernak, A. R.; Chowdhury, P. B.; Wilde, C. P.; Kelsall, G. H.; Zhu, Y. Y.; Williams, D. E. (2000): Scanning electrochemical microscopy of a fuel-cell electrocatalyst deposited onto highly oriented pyrolytic graphite. In: Electrochim. Acta, Jg. 45, H. 27, S. 4483-4491.

• Fernandez, J. L.; Bard, A. J. (2003): Scanning electrochemical microscopy. 47. Imaging electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction in an acidic medium by the tip generation-substrate collection mode. In: Anal. Chem., Jg. 75, H. 13, S. 2967-2974.

• Fernandez, J. L.; White, J. M.; Sun, Y. M.; Tang, W. J.; Henkelman, G.; Bard, A. J. (2006): Characterization and theory of electrocatalysts based on scanning electrochemical microscopy screening methods. In: Langmuir, Jg. 22, H. 25, S. 10426-10431.

• Eckhard, K.; Chen, X. X.; Turcu, F.; Schuhmann, W. (2006): Redox competition mode of scanning electrochemical microscopy (RC-SECM) for visualisation of local catalytic activity. In: Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Jg. 8, H. 45, S. 5359-5365.

 SECM as a tool for microstructuring, selected papers

• Mandler, D.; Bard, A. J. (1990): High Resolution Etching of Semiconductors by the Feedback Mode of the Scanning Electrochemical Microscope. In: J. Electrochem. Soc., Jg. 137, H. 8, S. 2468-2472.

• Turyan, I.; Matsue, T.; Mandler, D. (2000): Patterning and characterization of surfaces with organic and biological molecules by the scanning electrochemical microscope. In: Anal. Chem., Jg. 72, H. 15, S. 3431-3435.

• Wittstock, G.; Schuhmann, W. (1997): Formation and imaging of microscopic enzymatically active spots on an alkanethiolate-covered gold electrode by scanning electrochemical microscopy. In: Anal. Chem., Jg. 69, H. 24, S. 5059-5066.

• Wijayawardhana, C. A.; Wittstock, G.; Halsall, H. B.; Heineman, W. R. (2000): Spatially addressed deposition and imaging of biochemically active bead microstructures by scanning electrochemical microscopy. In: Anal. Chem., Jg. 72, H. 2, S. 333-338.

Constant-distance mode SECM, selected papers

• Ballesteros Katemann, B.; Schulte, A.; Schuhmann, W. (2003): Constant-Distance Mode Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) - Part I: Adaptation of a Non-Optical Shearforce Based Positioning Mode for SECM Tips. In: Chem. Eur. J., Jg. 9, S. 2025-2033.

• Ballesteros Katemann, B.; Schulte, A.; Schuhmann, W. (2004): Constant-distance mode scanning electrochemical microscopy. Part II: High-resolution SECM imaging employing Pt nanoelectrodes as miniaturized scanning probes. In: Electroanalysis, Jg. 16, H. 1-2, S. 60-65.

• Kurulugama, R. T.; Wipf, D. O.; Takacs, S. A.; Pongmayteegul, S.; Garris, P. A.; Baur, J. E. (2005): Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of Model Neurons: Constant Distance Imaging. In: Anal. Chem., Jg. 77, S. 1111-1117.

• Pitta-Bauermann, L.; Schuhmann, W.; Schulte, A. (2004): An advanced biological scanning electrochemical microscope (Bio-SECM) for studying individual living cells. In: Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Jg. 6, H. 15, S. 4003-4008.