Uniscan Instruments has introduced the Shallow uTricell for the M370 scanning electrochemical workstation for use in applications including corrosion monitoring and screening of fuel-cell materials.
It is also suitable for use in the development of electrochemical sensors.
The SECM technique may require topological relief of features in a sample's surface.
The constant-height area scan, where the probe remains at a fixed vertical position above the sample, is not usually suited to this type of sample with a non-flat surface.
To overcome this, Uniscan Instruments has developed a constant-distance related technique where the probe is able to track the surface topology of a sample.
The combination of the optical-surface profiling (OSP370) technique with the scanning electron microscope (SECM370) allows a user to take a measure of the surface features and relieve the SECM probe's position during the scan.
With the introduction of OSP-SECM topographical relief capability, the range of electrochemical cell options has been expanded to facilitate these types of experiments with an alternative sample holder that allows greater optical access to the sample surface.
The provision of a quartz window in the cell allows the positioning of the probe to be monitored with the VCAM2 zoom-lens video microscope system.
