Electrochemical Reactions with AFM

Electrochemical Reactions can be controlled at the nanoscale by using an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). The microscope was operated in the low amplitude solution (noncontact or attractive regime and has additional circuits to apply voltage pulses between tip and sample. The microscope was placed into an inner box where temperature and relative humidity where controlled. The solvent used in the electrochemical reaction is bubbled into the chamber using dry nitrogen. When the solvent vapour atmosphere that surrounds the AFM is stable it is possible to start the confinement of the electrochemical reaction by applying voltage pulses between AFM tip and the scanned substrate.
More info and videos at:
https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/15287

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Education

Tags:

• nanotechnology
• nanolithography
• AFM
• electrochemical
• reaction
• electrochemistry
• nanofabrication
• Ramsés
• V.
• Martínez