Title: nanoelectrode
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - nanoelectrode
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09086
Status: current

Definition
Electrode with smallest dimension less than 1 micrometre

Notes
1) Nanoelectrodes and microelectrodes are often configured as electrode arrays.
2) Nanoparticles adsorbed, or otherwise deposited, on a conductor are considered a kind of nanoelectrode.

Related Terms
- Electrode: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09060
- electrode arrays: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09114

Source
- PAC, 2020, 92, 641. 'Terminology of Electrochemical Methods of Analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)' on page 655 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2018-0109)

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Citation: Citation: 'nanoelectrode' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09086
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