Symposium 4

Molecular Electrochemistry: From Single Molecules to Conducting Polymers

Sponsoring Division: Division 6, Molecular Electrochemistry
The chemical transformations that accompany the exchange of electrons between suitable substrates and electrodes are at the heart of molecular electrochemistry. Progress in the field has been closely related to advances in software and hardware technology and it is now possible to address electrochemical processes and other electrochemical phenomena in the range from single molecules to polymers. The symposium will focus on recent developments in the basic science behind this progress and on applications in, for instance, catalysis and materials science and in neighboring fields such as biology and medicine. Special attention will be given to the effects of the molecular surroundings on the electrochemistry of organic and inorganic species and on the electrochemical behavior of molecules attached to surfaces and nanoparticles.

Topics will include

• Organic, Inorganic and Organometallic Electrochemistry, including
  • New mechanisms and a new look at old ones
  • Structure-reactivity relationships
  • Redox processes associated with the formation or changes of chirality
  • Electrosynthesis and electrocatalysis at the laboratory and industrial scales
• Molecular and Materials Electrochemistry, including
  • Conducting single molecules and molecular wires
  • The formation and mechanisms for formation of conducting polymers
• Conducting Polymers in Biology and Medicine, including
  • The electrochemistry of biological molecules at polymer-modified electrodes
  • The development of detectors based on conducting polymer electrodes
• The Electrochemistry of Embedded and Attached Redox Centers, including
  • Redox centers confined in cavities such as crown ethers, callixarenes, cryptates and cyclodextrines
  • Redox centers in dendrimer cores and on dendrimer surfaces
  • Redox processes in molecules with two or more redox centers
  • Redox centers attached to surfaces and nanoparticles

Symposium organizers
Ole Hammerich (coordinator), University of Copenhagen, Denmark,o.hammerich@symbion.ki.ku.dk
Luis Camacho, University of Cordoba, Spain; qf1cadel@uco.es
Jiri Ludvík, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Republic,jiri.ludvik@jh-inst.cas.cz
Marcin Opallo, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, mopallo@ichf.edu.pl
Lubomír Pospíil, J. Heyrovsk Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Republic, lubomir.pospisil@jh-inst.cas.cz
J. Faye Rubinson, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA, jfr@georgetown.edu