Theme 2 : Semiconductor electrochemistry

Semiconductor electrochemistry deals with many aspects, ranging from fundamental semiconductor physics to complex effects, such as charge transfer processes at semiconductor-liquid surfaces or photoreactions at semiconductor particles. Its applications cover crucial fields of present and future technology including, Integrated circuit technology, semiconductor device technology, micromachining, and micropatterning.

Theme 3: Energy and environment

This research theme is based on ionic conduction at interfaces and photoelectrochemical ractions for applications in the field of energy and environment. Synthesis and electrochemical properties of model materials with a high interface density, including thin-films, polycrystalline solids, composites, and nanocrystalline ceramics are playing a crucial role in modern technologies. Such nanostructured materials give rise to a wide range of applications such as solar cell, battery,...

Theme 4: Impedance Spectroscopy.

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy or EIS is a powerful technique for the characterization of electrochemical systems and processes. The promise of EIS is that, with a single experimental procedure encompassing a sufficiently broad range of frequencies, the influence of the governing physical and chemical phenomena may be isolated and distinguished at a given applied potential or current.In recent years, EIS has found widespread applications in the field of in situ characterization of materials and is being used increasingly as a tool to investigate nanosystems. Impedance spectroscopy became also a powerful technique in the field of bioelectrochemistry for investigating biological systems for sensing application.

Theme 5: Biotechnology

Several aspects of the biology and the biochemistry are related to electrochemistry, e.g. electrokinetic phenomena (largely used in analytical biochemistry and medicine), study of membrane processes, direct electrochemical study of redox biological compounds (in particular proteins), kinetics of electron exchange between interacting partners and study of the transmission of information in living organisms.

From a practical point of view, bioelectrochemistry, which has benefited from the development of nanotechnologies, is concerned by the construction of miniaturized devices, such as (ultra)-microelectrodes directly implanted inside living organisms and biosensors. Electroanalytical methods have become increasingly important for practical assays in complex biological media. In particular, enzyme electrodes based on the coupling of an enzyme layer with an appropriate electrode, combines the specificity of an enzyme for a substrate with the analytical power of electrochemical devices. Such systems, so-called biosensors, are very useful for monitoring a wide variety of substrates of analytical importance in clinical, environmental, and food samples.


Technical Sessions

Sunday, September 5th.

13:30
14:00
14:30	Arrival at the IGESA Center located in the village of Porquerolles (for exact address see "location").
17:00 - 17:30	From electrochemistry to nanotechnology. This introduction lecture to the summer school is aimed to give a broad overview of the most spectacular applications in nanotechnology achieved by electrochemical methods.	P. Schmuki
18:00 - 20:00	Welcome to the 1st Summer School on Electrochemistry and Nanotechnology.	Get together