Pulse Voltammetry in Physical Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis: Theory and Applications

689 Pages·2015·12.39 MB·English

by  Ángela Molina, Joaquín González

Monographs in Electrochemistry
Series Editor:
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Ángela Molina
Joaquín González
Pulse Voltammetry
in Physical
Electrochemistry
and Electroanalysis
Theory and Applications
Pulse Voltammetry in Physical Electrochemistry
and Electroanalysis
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Angela Molina • Joaqu´ın Gonza´lez
Pulse Voltammetry in
Physical Electrochemistry
and Electroanalysis
Theory and Applications
A´ngelaMolina Joaqu´ınGonza´lez
DepartmentofPhysicalChemistry DepartmentofPhysicalChemistry
UniversityofMurcia UniversityofMurcia
Murcia Murcia
Spain Spain
ISSN1865-1836 ISSN1865-1844 (electronic)
MonographsinElectrochemistry
ISBN978-3-319-21250-0 ISBN978-3-319-21251-7 (eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-21251-7
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Preface of the Editor
Pulse techniques have a long history. Eminent scientists have to be remembered
along the pathways of development of modern pulse techniques that are now so
frequentlyusedinresearchandanalyticallaboratories:FrederickGardnerCottrell
(1877–1948), Mirko Kalousek (1915–1996), Geoffrey Cecil Barker (1915–2000),
RobertAllenOsteryoung(1927–2004),tonamebutafew.Nowtherearesomany
different varieties of pulse techniques available that it is difficult to keep an
overview and to choose the most appropriate for a certain problem. The authors
ofthismonograph,A´ngelaMolinaandJoaqu´ınGonza´lezfromtheUniversidadde
Murcia,Spain,haveundertakenthetitanicventuretopresentacomprehensiveand
atthesametimeclearlyarrangedandsystematicsurveyofpulsetechniques.Both
authors were best prepared for this task as they have contributed numerous theo-
retical and experimental studies to this field of electrochemical measuring tech-
niques.Theresultisthemostup-to-datemonographonthetheoryandapplication
ofpulsetechniques––auniquebookasithasneverbeenwrittenbefore.Iamsure
thatthismonographwillbecomeandremainafirst-choicestandardworkformany
yearstocome.
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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the members of the “Electroquimica Teorica y
Aplicada” Group of the University of Murcia, especially Professor Carmen Serna
and Dr. Eduardo Laborda, and also Professor Fritz Scholz for their help and
correctionduringthepreparationofthisbook.
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