JOURNAL OF Bi) ELRG USTEN ELSEVIER Volume 441, Numbers 1—2, 15 January 1998 Contents Surface modification of a MCFC anode by electrodeposition of niobium F. Baizeng, L. Xinyu, W. Xindong and D. Shuzhen Electronic structure of iridium oxide films formed in neutral phosphate buffer solution T.M. Silva, A.M.P. Simdes, M.G.S. Ferreira, M. Walls and M. Da Cunha Belo Spatial distribution of nuclei. Inhibition of local nucleation rates by the most influential neighbours E. Garcia-Pastoriza, J. Mostany and B.R. Scharifker Determination of Au(IID in the surface layers formed anodically on the gold electrode K. Juodkazis, J. Juodkazyté, T. Juodiené and A. Lukinskas A fractal feature of the conducting zone by conversion rates from any redox state into the fully conducting state of polyaniline films K. Aoki and Y. Teragishi Electrochemical studies on molecular recognition of anions: complex formation between xylylenyl bis-iminoimidazolinium and dicarboxylates in nitrobenzene and water Y. Shao, B. Linton, A.D. Hamilton and S.G. Weber Reaction of electrogenerated oxamniquine radical anion with glutathione A. Radi and F. Belal Spectroelectrochemical study of the generation of tris-(1,10-phenanthroline)iron(II/IID from p-oxo-bis[aquabis(1,10-phenanthroline)iron(IID] M.M. Walczak and N.T. Flynn In situ study of the resistance of the electropolymerized polypyrrole film using platinum dual-disk microelectrodes Y. Wang, C. Zhang, J. Huang, W. Zhang and X. Zhou Oxidation of formaldehyde, methanol, formic acid and glucose at ac heated cylindrical Pt microelectrodes T. Zerihun and P. Griindler The mechanism of surface modification of a MCFC anode B. Fang, X. Liu, X. Wang and S. Duan Qualitative and quantitative assessment of phases in electrodeposited Ni + Cd alloys by the ALSV technique V.D. Jovié and N. ToSié CO oxidation on smooth and high area Pt, Pt-Ru and Pt—Sn electrodes Y. Morimoto and E.B. Yeager Self-assembled alkylthiols monolayers onto platinum; influence of the adsorbed oxygen P. Lang, Z. Mekhalif, B. Rat and F. Garnier A study on the diffusion of quinhydrone in polymer electrolyte S. Dong, N. Gu and H. Zhou Catalytic reduction of cyclohexanecarbonyl] chloride with electrogenerated nickel(I) salen in acetonitrile es OD ee ee ee, Oe 8 es ae ee a eR eS 6 a OMe 2 Bee oe 2 SOR Be eee The influence of heterocyclic thiols on the electrodeposition of Cu on Au(111) C.M. Whelan, M.R. Smyth and C.J. Barnes Restructuring of cationic conducting polymers by Fe(CN)é~ Z. Qi and P.G. Pickup Electrochemical reduction of substituted cobalt phthalocyanines adsorbed on graphite D. Schlettwein and T. Yoshida Simultaneous electrodeposition and detection of platinum on silicon surfaces P. Garrido, E. Gémez and E. Vallés Studies of ferrocene derivative diffusion and heterogeneous kinetics in polymer electrolyte by using microelectrode voltammetry H. Zhou, N. Gu and S. Dong Apparent negative activation energy in electrochemical insulating-to-conducting conversion at polymethylthiophene films K. Aoki and J. Li Carbon fiber microelectrodes for adsorptive stripping analysis of trace nucleic acids J. Wang, X. Cai, J.R. Fernandes, D.H. Grant and M. Ozsoz Contents Chronoamperometric study of the reductive desorption of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers D.-F. Yang and M. Morin Theoretical analysis of hydrogen transport through an electrode at the coexistence of two hydrogen-poor and -rich phases based upon the concept of hydrogen trapping S.-I. Pyun and T.-H. Yang Potential oscillations of a stainless steel electrode during galvanostatic polarization in a mixed solution of sulfuric and chromic acids K. Ogura, W. Lou, M. Nakayama and T. Fukume An in situ UV-vis and IR spectroelectrochemical study of the disposition of a hydroquinone anion salt on platinum electrodes from dichloromethane solutions A. Babaei and A.J. McQuillan Potentiometric studies of bilayers of conducting polymers A. Wojda and K. Maksymiuk Electrochemical reduction of CO, on Au in KOH + methanol at low temperature S. Kaneco, K. Iiba, K. Ohta, T. Mizuno and A. Saji Electrochemical reduction of O-acylated aldehyde cyanohydrins Z.-R. Zheng and H. Lund Electrochemical study of iron ferrite sludge obtained under the conditions proposed for the purification of waste water at a carbon paste electrode E. Barrado, J.I. Montequi, J. Medina, R. Pardo and F. Prieto Solvent effect on the electrografting of acrylonitrile on nickel M. Mertens, C. Calberg, N. Baute, R. JérOme and L. Martinot Preparation, characterization and application of an electrode modified with electropolymerized CuPtCl, J. Pei and X.-y. Li Zeroth-order solution and higher-order corrections for the CE mechanism in double potential step techniques J. Galvez Use of sensitivity analysis methods in the modelling of electrochemical transients. Part 1. Gaining more insight into the behaviour of kinetic models L.K. Bieniasz and B. Speiser Electrochemistry of C7, fullerene films in aqueous solutions M. Csiszar, A. Sziics, M. Tolgyesi, J.B. Nagy and M. Novak Short communication The quantity ‘pH’ S. Rondinini Book review The table of contents of the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry is included in ESTOC — Elsevier Science Tables of Contents services — which can be accessed on the World Wide Web at the following URLs: http: //www.elsev/iloecarte. /neslto c or http: //www.elsevi/elorca.tec /oesmto c US mailing notice—The journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry (ISSN 0022-0728) is published three weekly by Elsevier Science S.A. (P.O. Box 564, CH-1001 Lausanne). Annual subscription price in the USA is US$ 5069.00 (valid in North, Central and South America), including air speed delivery. Application to mail at second class postage rate is pending at Jamaica, NY 11431. 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