RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 A study of the electrochemical reactivity of titanium under cathodic polarization by means of combined feedback and redox competition modes of scanning electrochemical microscopy A1 Souto, Ricardo Manuel A1 Asserghine, Abdelilah A1 Medvidović-Kosanović, Martina A1 Nagy, Lívia A1 Nagy, Géza K1 Titanium biomaterial K1 Thin titanium dioxide layers K1 Cathodic polarization K1 Corrosion resistance K1 SECM K1 Electron transfer reaction AB The effect of cathodic polarization on the electrochemical behavior of the thin titaniumdioxide film formed by anodic pretreatment over pure commercial titanium metal forbiomaterial application was investigated in situ using scanning electrochemical microscopy(SECM). Quantitative information on the electron transfer rates (keff) at the titanium surfacewas obtained using the feedback operation of SECM using ferrocene-methanol (FcMeOH) aselectrochemical mediator. An increase of keff values with the increase of the negativepolarization was detected, a feature that correlates well with the decrease of titanium oxideresistance with increasing cathodic polarization observed using electrochemical impedancespectroscopy (EIS). In addition, SECM operation in the redox competition mode proved thathydrogen was absorbed in the surface oxide film leading to changes in conductivity andelectrochemical reactivity LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/19630 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/19630 LA en NO Sensors and Actuators B. Chemical, 320 (2020) 128339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2020.128339. DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 26-abr-2024