Advanced Electroanalytical Chemistry

Goals
Knowledge at advanced level of the electroanalytical techniques and their relevant applicative potentialities.

Acquired skills
Principles, protocols and applications of the conductimetric, potentiometric, voltammetric and amperometric electroanalytical techniques and of the related sensors and biosensors.

Course Content

I Teaching Unit (prof. Patrizia Mussini)
Advanced treatment of conductimetry, potentiometry and voltammetry.
Other advanced electroanalytical techniques: specroelectrochemistry; electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM); electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); Scanning probe microscopies for the imaging of surfaces, particularly electroactive ones (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy).
Applications to the characterization of inorganic and organic materials.

II Teaching Unit (prof. Luigi Falciola)
Experimental data treatment in quantitative electroanalytical chemistry with hints on Chemiometry. Electrochemical detectors for chromatography, ionic chromatography, capillary electrophoresis and hyphenated techniques. High sensitivity and low detection limits voltammetries (pulsed and stripping). Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for electroanalysis. Advanced coulometry, chronoamperometry and amperometry. Transduction systems based on field effect transistors (FET). Electrochemical sensors and biosensors. Applications in the environmental, pharmaceutical, alimentary, industrial and quality control fields.

Detailed programs can be download from the instructors websites.

Suggested prerequisites
Courses of analytical and physico-chemical content at Bachelor level.

Reference material

1) Power Point presentations prepared by the instructors and available (downloadable and printable) from the instructrors websites before each lesson.

2) Texts:

General
F. Scholz -Springer: Electroanalytical Methods
P.M.S. Monk -Wiley-VCH: Fundamentals of Electroanalytical Chemistry
J. Wang -Wiley-VCH: Analytical Electrochemistry
C.M.A. Brett; A.M. Oliveira Brett -Oxford University Press: Electroanalysis
P.T. Kissinger; W.R. Heineman -Dekker: Laboratory techniques in Electroanalytical Chemistry
F.G. Thomas, G. Henze - CSIRO Publishing: Introduction to voltammetric analysis
A. J. Bard, L. R. Faulkner -Wiley-VCH: Electrochemical Methods, Fundamentals and Applications

Specifically suggested for insights on the characterization of inorganic and organic materials:
P. Zanello -Royal Society of Chemistry: Inorganic electrochemistry, theory, practice and application
J-M.Savéant-Wiley-VCH: Elements of Molecular and Biomolecular Electrochemistry

Specifically suggested for insights on impedance spectroscopy:
Lasia, Andrzej- Springer: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and its Applications
M. E. Orazem, B. Tribollet-Wiley-VCH: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
E. Barsoukov, J. R. Macdonald-Wiley-VCH: Impedance Spectroscopy. Theory, Experiment and Applications

Specifically suggested for insights on sensors and biosensors:
F.B. Bănică - Wiley-VCH: Chemical Sensors and Biosensors: Fundamentals and Applications
B.R. Eggins - Wiley-VCH: Chemical Sensors and Biosensors

Prerequisites
Fondamental concepts of analytical and physical chemistry, generally already acquired in the fundamental courses of Bachelor Scientific Degrees.

Assessment method
Written exam divided in two parts (2 hour each) corresponding to the 2 Teaching Units:
1) 40-50 questions with short open responses divided into thematic sub-themes related to the whole program, with possible optional addition of 1-2 "open cases" to be discussed.
2) 4 questions with long open responses related to the whole program.

Language of instruction
Italian

Attendance Policy
Highly required

Mode of teaching
Traditional

Website
http://users.unimi.it/ECEA (I Teaching Unit)
http://users.unimi.it/ELAN (II Teaching Unit)