Synthetic Diamond Films: Preparation, Electrochemistry, Characterization, and Applications
Author(s): Enric Brillas (Editor), Carlos Alberto Mart¿nez–Huitle
Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
Publication Date: 28 July 2011
Language: English
Print length: 664 pages
ISBN-10: 9780470487587
ISBN-13: 0470487585
Book Description
The book gives an overview on the current development status of synthetic diamond films and their applications. Its initial part is devoted to discuss the different types of conductive diamond electrodes that have been synthesized, their preparation methods, and their chemical properties and characterization. The electrochemical properties of diamond films in different scientific areas, with special attention in electroanalysis, are further described. Different strategies to modify these electrodes are also discussed as important technologies with ability to change their electrochemical characteristics for a more specific electroanalytical use. The second part of the book deals with practical applications of diamond electrodes to the industry, organic electrosynthesis, electrochemical energy technology, and biotechnology. Special emphasis is made on the properties of these materials for the production of strong oxidizing species allowing the fast mineralization of organics and their use for water disinfection and decontamination. Recent biotechnological development on biosensors, microelectrodes, and nanostructured electrodes, as well as on neurochemistry, is also presented. The book will be written by a large number of internationally recognized experts and comprises 24 chapters describing the characteristics and theoretical fundaments of the different electrochemical uses and applications of synthetic diamond films.
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From the Back Cover
A state-of-the-art and multidisciplinary overview of the synthesis, preparation, characterization, and current applications of synthetic diamond films
Interest in synthetic diamonds has gained momentum in recent years. The discovery that this extremely hard substance can be produced as a polycrystalline film with mechanical and electronic uses comparable with natural diamonds opens up a variety of exciting possibilities for its application in several fields of scientific study. Synthetic Diamond Films gives an overview of the current development status of synthetic diamond films by devoting discussion to the different types of conductive diamond electrodes that have been synthesized, their preparation methods, and their chemical properties and characterization. In addition, Synthetic Diamond Films:
Explains, in a comprehensive way, the fundamentals underlying the different electrochemical uses and applications of synthetic diamond films
Illustrates the interdisciplinary uses of synthetic diamond films in resolving chemical, electrochemical, engineering, biological, and neurochemical problems
Provides a large number of examples that illustrate the practical applications of diamond electrodes in industry, electroanalysis, organic electrosynthesis, electrochemical energy technology, and biotechnology
Synthetic diamonds are just beginning to emerge as a significant player in the effort to measure and understand an extensive range of chemical processes. With Synthetic Diamond Films, chemists, electrochemists, engineers, biologists, and neuroscientists will gain the knowledge necessary for developing more effective applications and exploitation of synthetic diamond films?and be led down a brighter path toward new discoveries.
About the Author
Enric Brillas obtained his PhD in chemistry in 1977 at the Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona and has served as Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Universitat de Barcelona since 1987. He was president of the Electrochemistry Group of the Real Sociedad Espanola de QuImica from 2004 to 2008. His research is centered mainly on organic electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, and the electrochemical treatment of organic pollutants. He has published 210 peer-reviewed papers, eight book chapters, and four books. Carlos Alberto MartInez-Huitle graduated with a degree in chemistry from the Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Mexico, in 2000 and received his PhD in chemistry in 2005 from the University of Ferrara, Italy. He has served on the faculty of the University of Milan from 2005 to 2008. Since 2008, he has been an associate professor and researcher in the Chemistry Department at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. He was awarded the Oronzio and Niccol De Nora Foundation Prize of the Italian Chemical Society (2005) and the Oronzio and Niccol De Nora Foundation Prize on Environmental Electrochemistry of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) (2009). His research interests include electrochemical oxidation processes of organic and inorganic pollutants, electrocatalysis, and electroanalysis.
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