Last month (May 9 – 12), Steven attended the ElecNano10 conference, the latest in a series of conferences focussed on electrochemistry at the nanoscale. Over the last decade, these conferences have featured prominent electrochemists presenting groundbreaking research in the field of nanoelectrochemistry. It was therefore exciting to have the opportunity to attend.
This year, the conference was held in the campus of University Paris Cité. The first day kicked off with two fascinating plenaries – one on bipolar electrochemistry at the nanoscale and another on 3D printing using electrodeposition from nanopipettes. Later, there was a poster session with wine and snacks, and Steven got the chance to present his recent work on ‘Using Luminogenic Reactions to Report on Electrochemistry below the Instrumental Detection Limit’. There was some interest in the poster, and a long discussion on future ideas with a representative from Origalys, a potentiostat company based in France.
One of the coolest lectures was given by Prof. Marc Koper, who showed how his group used STM to study the change in Pt surface structure during the formation of Pt oxides. The second day of the conference ended with a banquet and some burlesque. There was no time for hangovers however, as the final day of the conference started bright and early the next day. In this session, there were several interesting talks on photoinduced electrochemiluminescence.
Of course, there was some time left over in the evenings to visit some famous Paris landmarks and spend time with some of the locals!
