Symposium 9
Molecular Electrochemistry - Methods, Models, Molecules, Materials

Sponsoring Division: Division 6, Molecular Electrochemistry

Contemporary investigation of molecular transformations with electrochemical methods interacts with various fields of science (among others: surface physics, materials science, preparative/synthetic and mechanistic organic and inorganic chemistry, geological and pharmaceutical chemistry, and molecular biology). Thus, molecular electrochemistry contributes successfully by providing state-of-the-art methodology, presenting biomimetic and numerical models, preparing and characterizing molecules, their reactions, their function, and materials assembled from them. The symposium shows this broad and exciting variety of interdependencies, the challenges that can be tackled, and the advantages provided.

Topics include but are not limited to:
- Electrochemical methods to study chemical reactions and physico-chemical properties with high resolution in space and time, both experimental and computational, under classical and non-conventional conditions (small volumes, surfaces, ionic liquids, application of ultrasound and microwaves etc.)
- Electrochemical and electron transfer reactions as models for biological and biochemical systems and their implications for natural redox processes and bio-activity
- Synthesis and molecular characterization of organic, organometallic and inorganic molecules with functions as catalysts, pharmaceuticals, electron shuttles, labels, switches and molecular charge/energy/information storage devices
- Preparation and redox properties of macromolecular, supramolecular, and surface modified systems and materials, their electrical, magnetic and optical properties

Symposium organizers
Bernd Speiser, (Coordinator) University of Tuebingen, Germany
bernd.speiser@uni-tuebingen.de
Marcin Opallo, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Warzaw, Poland
mopallo@ichf.edu.pl
Jiri Ludvik, J. Heyrovsky Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
ludvik@jh-inst.cas.cz
Elisabeth Dunach, University of Nice, France
elisabet.dunach-clinet@unice.fr
Anny Jutand, ENS, Paris, France
anny.jutand@ens.fr