A new mechanism of metal deposition on conducting surfaces is presented. But in contrast to former procedures where metal ions were deposited by electrolysis on a conducting cathodically polarised surface, now the deposition occurs without any additional electrochemical energy even if the substrate metal is more noble than the deposited metal...
Keywords: Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, SECM, Metal Deposition, Positive Feedback, Tip-Induced Microgalvanic Cell
09/2007 | Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag