Testing predictions in electrochemical nanosystems
Monday, June 7, 2010 - 06:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are gearing up for experimental tests of findings they arrived at through theoretical considerations: that electrochemical reactions take place more rapidly on isolated, nanometre-scale electrodes than on their familiar macroscopic counterparts, and that this surprising behaviour is caused by thermal noise. Prof. Katharina Krischer and Dr Vladimir Garcia-Morales published their results earlier this year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The project is supported by the TUM Institute for Advanced Study, which emphasises scientifically 'risky' research that may have potential for creating new fields of technology...