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Get the best EIS measurements, even with longer cables
As an industry leader in Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, BioLogic ensures accurate EIS measurements, regardless of cable length, by compensating for parasitic effect with factory-calibrated cables. Focus on your research, not your setup.
ZFit: How the sensitivity factor can help optimize the equivalent circuit
Sensitivity functions can help you decide if a specific parameter is relevant or not.
Why use RDE and RRDE method to characterize electrocatalysts?
This article explains how BluRev can help you understand electrocatalyst properties using RDE and RRDE methods
How to select the right reference electrode?
Decide which reference electrode is best for your experiment
Introduction to High Throughput Screening
Introduction of high throughput screening and explaination of its advantages compared to iterative testing.
SDC or SECM for high throughput scanning?
Comparison of Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) and Scanning Droplet Cell (SDC) for high throughput workstation
What scanning probe electrochemistry platform is best for high throughput screening?
The article explains how to select the best high throughput workstation
Make life easier with smart limits and automatic I Range
Explaination of new tools available in EC-Lab® V11.50 including I Range in Galvano mode and smart charge limits.
How to access electric variables in EC-Lab®
EC-Lab® software allows access to the complex representation of the electrical variables obtained from electrochemical impedance measurements on ionic conductors.
ZFit: How to have confidence in results using std err.?
Explaination of the significance of the std err. parameter in ZFit, the EIS fitting tool in EC-Lab.
ZSim and ZFit as learning tools. Part V – How to choose the proper equivalent circuit?
Tips, tricks and general guidance for choosing the proper equivalent circuit.
ZSim and ZFit as learning tools. Part VII – Equivalent circuits identifiability
Explaination of the identifiability and unidentifiability properties of equivalent circuits
ZSim and ZFit as learning tools. Part VI – Equivalent circuits distinguishability
Explaination of the distinguishability properties of equivalent circuits
What is a Frequency Response Analyzer (FRA)?
What is a Frequency Response Analyzer, what is its principle? This article details key information about FRA.
What is a potentiostat and its use in Science & Industry (Electrochemistry Basics Series)
What is a potentiostat? An article detailing every aspect of this versatile electrochemical multitool. Covers Potentiostat functionality and operation, the history of the potentiostat, uses and applications and the future of the potentiostat
Scanning Probe Electrochemistry: A glossary of terms
What do the different terms relating to local electrochemistry mean? This article gives a definitive list
Distribution of Relaxation Times (DRT): how to identify equivalent circuits efficiently
The Distribution of Relaxation Times (DRT) analysis (equivalent circuit identification tool) is introduced.
What is Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)? Electrochemistry Basics Series
Electrochemical Impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is a powerful tool enabling the study of processes that occur at the interface of the electrode.
Key factors to consider when looking for a scanning electrochemical workstation.
Factors of interest when looking at a scanning electrochemical workstation are discussed.
SECM101: Introduction to the redox mediator
The Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (SECM) redox mediator is introduced.
SKP vs KPFM
Scanning Kelvin Probe and Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy are compared.
What is the definition of the impedance Z?
How to correctly define the $Z$ impedance
Which scanning probe electrochemistry technique?
The scanning probe electrochemistry techniques on the M470 are compared.
ZSim and ZFit as learning tools. Part IV – The effect of high frequency inductance.
High frequency inductance can strongly affect the shape of impedance graphs and need to be accounted for during data fitting.
Anatomy of an SKP probe
The key features of an SKP probe will be discussed.
ZSim and ZFit as learning tools. Part II – Why circle fitting is wrong?
We demonstrate why circle fitting should not be used to analyze impedance data using ZSim- part of EC-Lab, BioLogic's potentiostat control/analysis software
ZSim and ZFit as learning tools. Part III – How to detect an inductive behaviour at low frequencies
Does the Nyquist impedance diagram of the C1/R1/(R2+L2) circuit always have an inductive arc at low frequencies?
Multichannel & Single-channel potentiostats – what’s the difference? (Electrochemistry Basics Series)
An overview of the differences between single channel and multichannel potentiostat galvanostats
LEIS or ac-SECM?
Local Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (LEIS) and Alternating Current-Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (ac-SECM) are compared.
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