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A new electrochemical device, the scanning droplet cell, is presented. Small electrolyte droplets are positioned on the sample surface and enable a spatially resolved surface analysis or modification. The droplet is simply held by its surface tension and, therefore, no surface pretreatment is necessary. According to the conventional 3-electrode arrangement all common potentiostatic and galvanostatic techniques, e.g. impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, or current transients of potentiostatic steps, are possible.
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Received: 12 January 2000 / Revised: 9 March 2000 / Accepted: 14 March 2000
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Lohrengel, M., Moehring, A. & Pilaski, M. Electrochemical surface analysis with the scanning droplet cell. Fresenius J Anal Chem 367, 334–339 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160000402
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160000402