Measurement of interfacial processes at electrode surfaces with the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance

I. Introductlon The last 10-15 years have seen electrochemista applying more and more sophisticated instrumental techniques to studies of electrode surfaces, both because of the increased availability of powerful new tools for interfacial characterization and because of an increased emphasis in modern electrochemical research on detailed characterization of the structure and composition of the interface. Many methods have been newly applied to the study of electrochemical interfaces' during this time. One of these methods is based on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technology. The