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EPSRC Reference:	GR/H68376/01
Title:	INSITU HIGH RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF FILM FORMATION AND BREAKDOWN IN ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES
Principal Investigator:	Boden, Dr P
Other Investigators:	Harris, Professor S McColl, Dr IR
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Project Partners:	Pre Nexus Migration
Department:	Materials Engineering & Materials Design
Organisation:	University of Nottingham
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 January 1993	Ends:	31 March 1996	Value (£):	164,120
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Analytical Science
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Manufacturing
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The programme is designed to use a combined scanning tunnelling and scanning force microscope facility (STM/SFM) to investigate electrochemical processes. It will make in-situ observations in an electrochemical cell. On anodic surfaces it will be sued to improve the performance of non-toxic corrosion inhibitors and to characterise sacrificial aluminium coatings. At cathodic surfaces it will study the nucleation of electrodeposits and electroless coatings. The STM facility will be used as an electrochemical microprobe and as a scanning electrochemical microscope whilst the SFM will follow the topography of non-conducting surface films. Attempts will also be made to improve the range and performance of these instruments for electrochemical applications.
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