Impedance Spectroscopy: Applications to Electrochemical and Dielectric Phenomena

1. Fundamentals of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy 1

2. Graphical representation of impedance spectroscopy data 23

3. Equivalent-circuit elements and modeling of the impedance phenomenon 37

4. Examples of ideal equivalent circuit models 49

5. Impedance representation of bulk-material and electrode processes 59

6. Distributed impedance models 97

7. Impedance analysis of complex systems 113

8. Impedance Instrumentation, testing, and data validation 163

9. Selected examples of impedance-analysis applications: electroactive polymer films 205

10. Selected examples of EIS analysis applications: industrial colloids and lubricants 219

11. Selected examples of EIS analysis applications: cell suspensions, protein adsorption, and implantable biomedical devices 247

12. Selected examples of impedance-analysis applications 281

13. Impedance-spectroscopy modifications 319

14. Conclusions and perspectives of EIS 333

Abbreviations and Symbols 335

Index 345