Chemical and Spatial Design of Polymer Films on Electrodes

这个项目是在一般地区的分析和表面 化学和电化学的子领域。 内 化学修饰电极的广阔领域，三个研究 正在进行的主题：（1）基本调查 聚合物介质中的电化学反应;（2） 微结构化电极系统的发展及其 聚合物研究的应用;（3）基础和应用 电子转移化学，电分析， 电催化和聚合物相的传输过程。 具体地说，电子自交换反应是由 强烈的电位梯度施加到非离子 导电的混合价电活性聚合物正在被 研究，电化学技术研究运输过程 在聚合物相正在开发，聚合物的影响， 粘度和升高的温度对非均相速率的影响 聚合物/电极界面的反应正在被探测，新的 电催化途径活化的双氧作为一个 正在设计有用的合成试剂， 用于形成薄聚合物的电化学方法 电影正在探索中。 这项研究应该产生新的见解， 聚合物的物理化学，这将使他们的有效 在新型电化学传感器技术中的应用。 此外，新的电合成方法，导致有用的 预计将确定材料。

This project is in the general area of analytical and surface chemistry and in the subfield of electrochemistry. Within the broad area of chemically modified electrodes, three research themes are being pursued: (1) fundamental investigations of electrochemical reactions of and in polymeric media; (2) development of microstructured electrode systems and their applications to polymer studies; and (3) basic and applied studies of electron transfer chemistry, electroanalysis, electrocatalysis, and transport processes in polymer phases. Specifically, electron self exchange reactions that are driven by intense electrical potential gradients applied to non-ionically conductive, mixed valent electroactive polymers are being studied, electrochemical techniques to study transport processes in polymer phases are being developed, the effects of polymer viscosity and elevated temperatures on the rates of heterogeneous reactions at polymer/electrode interfaces are being probed, new electrocatalytic routes for the activation of dioxygen as a useful synthetic reagent are being devised, and new electrochemical processes for the formation of thin polymeric films are being explored. This research should yield new insights into the fundamental physical chemistry of polymers that will enable their effective utilization in novel electrochemical sensor technology. Additionally, new electrosynthetic processes that lead to useful materials are expected to be identified.