Editorial: Special Issue on the IX Iberic Meeting of Electrochemistry

Abstract

At present, Electrochemistry is being rapidly developed in different scientific and technological fields that lead to new applications to solve many environmental, energetic and industrial problems. The decontamination of organics and salts from wastewaters and the development of operative fuel cells and new polymeric or nanostructured materials are examples of increasing reasearch over all the world. The rapid diffusion of new information and the contact and discussion between electrochemists in meetings are then essential to ensure the most rapid progress in the knowledgement of all the new trends of Electrochemistry. This special issue of Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta consists of high quality papers that were presented as plenary lectures or oral communications during the IX Iberic Meeting of Electrochemistry, made in conjunction with the XXVIII Meeting of the Electrochemistry Group of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ). It was held in A Coruna (Spain) from 10 to 13 July 2006 and organized by Prof. Dr. M.E. Sastre (U. Coruna). The other members of the Organizing Committee from the Universidade da Coruna were Prof. Drs. J.L. Barriada, I. Brandariz, R. Herrero, F. Peneda, P. Rodriguez and T. Vilarino. The Scientific Committee was composed of Profs. Drs. A. Aldaz (U. Alicante), F. Arce (U. Santiago de Compostela), A. Barros (U. Porto), E. Brillas (U. Barcelona), M. Esteban (U. Barcelona), J. Feliu (U. Alicante), T. Fernandez Otero (U. Politecnica de Cartagena), V.M.M. Lobo (U. Coimbra), J.M. Lopez Fonseca (U. Oviedo), J.C. Rodriguez Placeres (U. La Laguna), M. Rueda (U. Sevilla) and J.J. Ruiz (U. Cordoba). The meeting brought together Spanish and Portuguese electrochemists to present and discuss timely research concerning all fields of Electrochemistry. In addition, two other relevant electrochemist researchers such as Prof. R. Guidelli (U. Firenze, Italy) and Prof. M.A. Oturan (U. Marne La Vallee, France) were also invited to give a plenary lecture. A total of 13 plenary lectures, 3 invited CIDETEC awards and 77 oral communications were presented in three parallel symposia (A, B and C) during a 3-day intensive program divided in the following topics: