Note: Front Cover -- New Techniques for the Study of Electrodes and Their Reactions, Volume 29 -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors to Volume 29 -- Preface -- Chapter 1. In-situ infrared studies of the electrode…electrolyte interface -- 1. The theory of IR reflection and transmission -- 2. Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) -- 3. Transmission IR -- 4. External reflectance -- 5. Fourier-Transform techniques -- 6. Polarization-Modulation techniques -- 7. Transient techniques -- References -- Chapter 2. Raman spectroscopic studies of species in situ at electrode surfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Spectroelectrochemical cells -- 3. Chemical species adsorbed on metal electrodes -- 4. Non-Aqueous systems -- 5. Semiconductor electrodes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3. The Use of Ex-Situ UHV techniques to study electrode surfaces -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Early work -- 3. Experimental techniques -- 4. Some examples of the use of ex-situ techniques in electrochemical problems -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4. New hydrodynamic methods -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Different hydrodynamic systems -- 3. Ring…disc electrodes -- 4. Measurement of diffusion coefficient by rotation speed step -- 5. Electrochemical esr -- 6. Wall-jet systems -- 7. Photoelectrochemistry -- References -- Chapter 5. Microelectrodes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. In vivo studies -- 3. Finite size effects -- 4. Experimental details -- 5. Application of microelectrodes -- 6. Closure -- List of symbols -- References -- Chapter 6. The use of channel electrodes in the investigation of interfacial reaction mechanisms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mass transport to the channel electrode -- 3. Voltammetry and related experiments at channel electrodes -- 4. Electrode kinetics and coupled homogeneous reactions. , 5. Design and fabrication of channel electrode cells and the associated flow system -- 6. Extension of channel electrode methodology: practical examples -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7. In-situ electrochemical ESR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electron spin resonance: an introductory survey -- 3. Electrochemical ESR -- 4. Contemporary in-situ electrochemical ESR -- 5. Applications -- 6. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8. Photocurrent spectroscopy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Light absorption and charge carrier generation in solids -- 3. Collection of photogenerated carriers -- 4. Photocurrent generation in semiconducting films of finite thickness -- 5. Demonstration of photosensitivity of anodic films on metals -- 6. Experimental aspects of photocurrent spectroscopy -- 7. Derivation of absorption spectra from photocurrent spectra -- 8. Determination of film thickness by photocurrent spectroscopy -- 9. Internal photoemission -- 10. An example of a p-type surface film: the oxide film on Cu -- 11. Organometallic films on metal electrodes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9. Electroreflectance at semiconductors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic theoretical development -- 3. Low-field theories -- 4. Applications of the franz-keldysh theory to more heavily doped iii/vsemicon-ductors -- 5. Experimental results -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10. Ellipsometry -- 1. Introduction. what is ellipsometry? -- 2. Theory. Three important parameters -- 3. Instrumentation -- 4. The ideal three-phase model. SiO2 on Si -- 5. Calculations for the three-phase model -- 6. A "nearly perfect" three-phase system -- 7. Non-uniform and rough films. aluminium corrosion -- 8. Aluminium in alkaline solution: non-uniform and rough films. , 9. Thin films. A biological example -- 10. Spectroscopic ellipsometry -- 11. Profiling of complex layers -- 12. Geometric roughness. An exact solution -- 13. Reviews of ellipsometry applications -- 14. Outlook -- 15. Appendix -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 11. A computing strategy for the on-line accumulation and processing of electrochemical data -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On-line accumulation of electrochemical data -- 3. Choice of electrochemical methods and the processing of electrochemical data -- 4. Current-potential curve for a single electrode reaction with single electron trans-fer: description by standard rate constant -- 5. Impedance-potential curve for a single electrode reaction with single electron transfer: Description by standard rate constant -- 6. Current-potential curve for a single electrode reaction with single electron trans-fer and complexing of the reactant -- 7. Impedance-potential curve for a single electrode reaction with single electron transfer and complexing of the reactant -- 8. Single electrode reaction with more than one electron transfer -- 9. Two electrode reactions in parallel -- 10. Current-potential curve for two electrode reactions in series -- 11. Impedance-potential curve for two electrode reactions in series -- 12. Single electrode reaction: comparison of experiment and theory -- 13. Dissolution and passivation of titanium in acid solution -- 14. Corrosion of stainless steel and its component metals in acid solution -- 15. Oxidation of chloride and bromide ions on ruthenium dioxide/titanium electrodes -- 16. Reduction of palladium chloro complexes -- 17. Corrosion of dental amalgams -- 18. Conclusions -- List of symbols -- References -- Index.