Laser Techniques for the Study of Electrode Processes

Gyözö G. Láng is Professor at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, President of the Electrochemical Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, he has been Regional Representative for Hungary of the International Society of Electrochemistry 2005-2010. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering.Cesar A. Barbero is presently full professor and head of the Advanced Materials Program at UNRC. He is a permanent research fellow of the Argentinian Research National Council (CONICET) since 1995. Barbero received the Tajima Prize of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) in 1996, the Rafael Labriola Prize of the Argentinian Chemistry Society (AQA) in 2004 and the Maria Cristina Giordano Prize of the Argentinian Society for Physical Chemistry Research (AAIFQ) in 2007. He is an IUPAC Fellow since 2000. In 2007 he received the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (USA). He has been invited professor at the universities of Paris VII (France), Alicante (Spain), La Laguna (Spain), Wales at Bangor (UK) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

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• Experimental Determination of Surface Stress Changes in Electrochemical Systems.- Thermodynamic Theory of Solid/Liquid Interfaces.-  Problems related to the Measurement of Surface Stress Changes of Solid Electrodes.- Basic Principles of the Experimental Methods.- Optical Detection of the Deformation.- Detection by Microscopy.- Applications.- Related Fields.- Determination of Mobile Species Fluxes Driven by Electrochemical Processes using Optical Methods: Basic Principles of the Experimental Methods (Probe Beam Deflection, Interferometry).- Application to Surface Confined Systems.- Application to Soluble Systems.- Photothermal Deflection.- Comparison with other Methods to Monitor Fluxes.