RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Probing Conductivity of Polyelectrolyte/Nanoparticle Composite Films by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy A1 Ruiz Fernández, Virginia A1 Liljeroth, Peter A1 Quinn, Bernadette M. A1 Kontturi, Kyösti K1 Electrical conductivity K1 Layers K1 Nanoparticles K1 Redox reactions K1 Thin films K1 Nanotecnología K1 Nanotechnology K1 Microscopía K1 Microscopy K1 Electroquímica K1 Electrochemistry AB An advanced electroanalytical technique, scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), is used as a new approach to measure both the lateral (in-plane) and cross-film electron transport in multilayer polymer/nanoparticle films. The sensitivity of SECM is such that the conductivity of a single nanoparticle monolayer can be quantified. The increase in SECM tip current with the number of polyelectrolyte/nanoparticle layer pairs demonstrates that the subsequent layers are not electrically insulated from each other and that there is significant communication between nanoparticles in different layers. PB American Chemical Society SN 1530-6984 YR 2003 FD 2003-10 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11087 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11087 LA eng NO This work is funded by the National Technology Agency, Finland, and the EU under the Sixth Framework Program (“SUSANA”, EU TMR network “Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Interfacial Nanostructures”, contract number HPRN-CT-2002-00185). DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 29-abr-2026