?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F10021%2F&rft.title=Development+and+Applications+of+Nanofabricated+Electrodes+for+Scanning+Electrochemical+Microscopy&rft.creator=Xiong%2C+Hui&rft.description=Over+the+last+decade%2C+dramatic+progresses+in+fabrication+and+synthesis+of+nanomaterials+have+enabled+reproducible+and+controlled+production+of+nanometer-sized+structures+with+desired+size%2C+shape%2C+physical+and+chemical+properties.+Nanostructures+created+in+this+fashion+are+essential+building+blocks+of+complex+nanosystems+for+various+applications.+In+particular%2C+electronically+conductive+nanostructures+are+attractive+candidates+as+electrode+materials+for+both+fundamental+studies+and+electrochemical+applications+in+fields+such+as+sensors%2C+energy+storage%2C+functional+molecular+electronic+devices%2C+and+electrocatalysis.In+my+Ph.D.+work%2C+I+explored+frontiers+in+nanoscale+electrochemistry+utilizing+novel+electrode+systems+based+on+conductive+nanostructures+with+shape+and+size+controlled+by+advanced+nanofabrication%2Fsynthesis+methods.+Specifically%2C+I+developed+a+new+methodology+based+on+scanning+electrochemical+microscopy+(SECM)+to+discover+that+an+individual+one-dimensional+nanostructure+such+as+a+metal+nanoband+and+a+single-walled+carbon+nanotube+serves+as+a+highly+reactive+electrode.+This+discovery+is+of+great+importance+for+future+applications+of+the+novel+nanomaterials.+Moreover%2C+by+integrating+modern+nanofabrication+methods%2C+I+created+nanometer-sized+electrodes+with+controlled+size+and+geometry.+The+significance+of+this+achievement+is+that+better+spatial+resolution+will+be+obtainable+by+utilizing+these+nanofabricated+electrodes+as+probes+of+SECM.&rft.date=2008-01-29&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F10021%2F1%2Fhxiong-122007%2527%253A%253A.pdf&rft.identifier=++Xiong%2C+Hui++(2008)+Development+and+Applications+of+Nanofabricated+Electrodes+for+Scanning+Electrochemical+Microscopy.++Doctoral+Dissertation%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++