Electrodeposition of Metals for Micro- and Nanostructuring at Interfaces between Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Conductors: Dendrites, Whiskers and Nanoparticles
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Electrodeposition of a metal requires the reduction of metal ions by electrons and can in principle occur at any interface or in any boundary region between two electrically conducting phases with different ionic transference numbers. Here we summarize and review metal deposition at all possible five interfaces: solid|solid (short s|s), liquid|liquid (l|l), solid|liquid (s|l), solid|gas (s|g), liquid|gas (l|g), emphasizing processes at less studied interfaces. Cathodic deposition of a metal from a liquid electrolyte (s|l interface) is the most typical case and forms the basis of numerous applied galvanic processes. The equivalent deposition of a metal on a solid electrolyte (s|s interface) is much less usual, but phenomenologically identical. The deposition processes of a metal at the interface between two liquid electrolytes, or between a gaseous conductor and either a solid or a liquid conductor form three other possible situations. Examples for these five general cases (the s|l interface is only briefly treated) are reviewed and discussed with respect to the growth kinetics and the product morphology. Nano-sized memory devices, switches, electron beam induced formation of metals on solid electrolytes and plasma-cathodic metal deposition from ionic liquids, where in the first place the very low vapour pressure of ionic liquids facilitates the application of low-temperature plasmas, are discussed as possible new and unusual applications of electrochemical metal deposition.
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- Electrochemistry in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: A Review and Some Possible Applications
- Electrochemical Deposition of Nanostructured Metals and Alloys from Ionic Liquids
- Coating of Mild Steel by Aluminium in the Ionic Liquid [EMIm]Tf2N and its Corrosion Performance
- Microviscosity and Micropolarity Effects of Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids Investigated by Spin Probes Their Diffusion and Spin Exchange
- Semi-Empirical Methods to Predict the Physical Properties of Ionic Liquids: An Overview of Recent Developments
- Water Vibrational Bands as a Polarity Indicator in Ionic Liquids
- Probing Lithium and Alumina Impurities in Air- and Water Stable Ionic Liquids by Cyclic Voltammetry and In Situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
- The Static Dielectric Constant of Ionic Liquids
- A Comparative Study on the Electronic Structure of the 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide RT-Ionic Liquid by Electron Spectroscopy and First Principles Calculations
- Phase Separation in Solutions of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids in Hydrocarbons
- Surface Studies on the Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Ethylsulfate Using X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
- Templating and Phase Behaviour of the Long Chain Ionic Liquid C16mimCl
- Preparation of CdSe Quantum Dots in Ionic Liquids
- Electrochemistry at Negative Potentials in Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide Ionic Liquids
- Enthalpies of Solution of Organic Solutes in the Ionic Liquids [Me3BuN][NTf2] and [EMIM][EtSO4]
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Articles in the same Issue
- Preface: 92nd Bunsenkolloquium – Physical Chemistry in Ionic Liquids
- Relaxation Dynamics upon Ultrashort UV Photo-Excitation of an Iodide Doped Ionic Liquid and of a Pure Lithium Iodide Melt
- Electrochemistry in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: A Review and Some Possible Applications
- Electrochemical Deposition of Nanostructured Metals and Alloys from Ionic Liquids
- Coating of Mild Steel by Aluminium in the Ionic Liquid [EMIm]Tf2N and its Corrosion Performance
- Microviscosity and Micropolarity Effects of Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids Investigated by Spin Probes Their Diffusion and Spin Exchange
- Semi-Empirical Methods to Predict the Physical Properties of Ionic Liquids: An Overview of Recent Developments
- Water Vibrational Bands as a Polarity Indicator in Ionic Liquids
- Probing Lithium and Alumina Impurities in Air- and Water Stable Ionic Liquids by Cyclic Voltammetry and In Situ Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
- The Static Dielectric Constant of Ionic Liquids
- A Comparative Study on the Electronic Structure of the 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide RT-Ionic Liquid by Electron Spectroscopy and First Principles Calculations
- Phase Separation in Solutions of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids in Hydrocarbons
- Surface Studies on the Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Ethylsulfate Using X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
- Templating and Phase Behaviour of the Long Chain Ionic Liquid C16mimCl
- Preparation of CdSe Quantum Dots in Ionic Liquids
- Electrochemistry at Negative Potentials in Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide Ionic Liquids
- Enthalpies of Solution of Organic Solutes in the Ionic Liquids [Me3BuN][NTf2] and [EMIM][EtSO4]
- Electrodeposition of Metals for Micro- and Nanostructuring at Interfaces between Solid, Liquid and Gaseous Conductors: Dendrites, Whiskers and Nanoparticles
