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Preface Guest Editor Editorial Langmuir is the ACS journal of colloids and interfaces, and because interfaces are intrinsic to the study of electrochemistry, it follows that Langmuir should play a more central role in this field. To acknowledge the importance of electrochemistry to Langmuir, you may have noticed that electrochemistry has had its own table of contents section for the past several months.We hope this new emphasis on electrochemistry at Langmuir will provide a natural home for electrochemistry papers within the ACS journal family. Electrochemistry continues to develop and be an important area of research with contributions in all areas of chemistry. One purpose of this special issue is to more clearly define the scope of electrochemical science that is appropriate for Langmuir. Accordingly, the papers in this special issue have been subdivided into the following categories: electrochemical imaging and spectroscopy, electrocatalysis, materials electrochemistry, theory and fundamentals, electrode surface modification, and bioelectrochemistry. Electrochemical research areas that fall within the traditional boundaries of analytical chemistry, such as those related to analysis and methods development, are not within the scope of those solicited by Langmuir. Likewise, electrochemistry papers focusing on applied electrochemistry, for example, batteries, corrosion, electroplating, and fuel cells, are generally excluded from Langmuir because they are well represented in other journals. The second purpose of this special issue is to provide a snapshot of the current state of the art in the subfields of electrochemistry that are appropriate for Langmuir. We were assisted in identifying the forefront areas of electrochemistry, and the leading scientists in these areas, by many of our colleagues. However, a number of scientists worked with us on this project from the outset, and therefore we acknowledge them specifically: Stephen W. Feldberg, Angel E, Kaifer, Kingo Itaya, Milan Mrksich, James F. Rusling, Keith J. Stevenson, Zhong-Qun Tian, and Henry S. White. We also thank the Editor-in-Chief of Langmuir, David G. Whitten, and his staff for providing us with this opportunity and lending valuable editorial support to the project. We also thank Julianne Garrard who oversaw the editorial process from start to finish. Finally, we thank all of the authors in this issue for sharing their scientific insights with us and the rest of the Langmuir readership. For the future, we cordially invite electrochemists, and those working in subfields associated with electrochemistry, to submit their best work to Langmuir. Allen J. Bard and Richard M. Crooks Electrochemistry special issue Co-Editors Dear Langmuir Readers, Many thanks to Al and Dick for putting together this special issue on electrochemistry. We believe this issue will be of interest to all of our readers and especially to the electrochemistry 10.1021/la063090f CCC: $33.50 © 2006 American Chemical Society Published on Web 11/28/2006
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“community”. This issue begins what we plan to have as a regular series of thematically focused special issues. As many of you may be aware, an issue focusing on stimuli-responsive materials will follow early in 2007, and others are in the planning stage. We would be pleased to receive suggestions for topics of future thematic special issues. David G. Whitten Editor-in-Chief LA063090F
