ACS In Focus Electrochemical Imaging introduces some of the most exciting and important imaging techniques in electrochemistry. This digital primer, targeted at senior undergraduate students and first-year graduate students, demonstrates how electrochemical imaging has become increasingly important in enhancing our fundamental understanding of the electrode/solution interface. Chapter 1 introduces electrochemistry, the unique aspects of electrochemical reactions, and the key importance of electrochemical imaging. Chapter 2 focuses on array-based electrochemical imaging methods. Chapter 3 describes several electrochemical imaging methods based on small scanning probes. Chapter 4 introduces electrochemical imaging methods based on optical microscopies, such as fluorescence, dark field, and Raman spectroscopy. The last chapter is devoted to briefly discussing some imaging methods for examining the electrochemical interface with molecular and atomic scale resolution. It also reveals exciting ways of using in-situ methods, such as electron microscopies, to image electrochemical processes in situ.
For eighty-seven miles, the swift and shallow Blanco River winds through the Texas Hill Country. Its water is clear and green, darkened by frequent pools. Wes Ferguson and Jacob Botter have paddled, walked, and waded the Blanco. They have explored its history, people, wildlife, and the natural beauty that surprises everyone who experiences this river. Described as “the defining element in some of the Hill Country’s most beautiful scenery,” the Blanco flows both above and below ground, part of a network of rivers and aquifers that sustains the region’s wildlife and millions of humans alike. However, overpumping and prolonged drought have combined to weaken the Blanco’s flow and sustenance, and in 2000—for the first time in recorded history—the river’s most significant feeder spring, Jacob’s Well, briefly ceased to flow. It stopped again in 2008. Then, in the spring of 2015, a devastating flood killed twelve people and toppled the huge cypress trees along its banks, altering not just the look of the river, but the communities that had come to depend on its serene presence. River travelers Ferguson and Botter tell the remarkable story of this changeable river, confronting challenges and dangers as well as rare opportunities to see parts of the river few have seen. The authors also photographed and recorded the human response to the destruction of a beloved natural resource that has become yet another episode in the story of water in Texas. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.
Thank you for visiting our website. Would you like to provide feedback on how we could improve your experience?
This site does not use any third party cookies with one exception — it uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic.Learn More.