An interdisciplinary conference reflecting the wide range of applications of Molten Salts (also known as Ionic liquids) to research and industry was held on the 10^th of January at the University of Warwick. The conference was hosted by the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and attracted molten salts research students from around the UK.

Many congratulations to Barak Aaronson who was awarded the Best presentation prize for his talk: ‘Spatially Resolved Electrochemistry in Ionic Liquids: Surface Structure Effects on Triiodide Reduction at Platinum Electrodes’. SECCM goes far and wide - here with the first signs of impact on the Ionic Liquid community.

Warwick Electrochemistry group does Movember raising a fantastic £585.00 for Charity!

This November, several members of the group shaved off their facial hair and grew moustaches for charity. A fantastic £585 was raised by our team, which has gone towards funding clinical research into prostate and testicular cancer through the Movember charity.

During Pat’s trip to Paris (Lavoisier Lectures 2013), new students, Faduma, Sze, Pollyana and Maria had a 2-day 'Masterclass' on scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) and intermittent contact (IC)-SECM techniques from Rob L. We look forward to them pushing the boundaries in the exciting world of SECM!

Left to right: Sze, Pollyana, Rob, Faduma, Maria.

Congratulations to Süheda Isikli, who was awarded “cum laude” at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, for her PhD at IMDEA Energy Institute, and in collaboration with Warwick Electrochemistry. Pat sat on the panel for Süheda’s viva On Thursday 31^st October, when Süheda gave a talk titled “Quinone-based organic redox compounds for electrochemical energy storage devices.”

Süheda spent the summer of 2012 working with Robert Lazenby in the Warwick Electrochemistry Group, learning the scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) technique and using ultramicroelectrodes of different materials to study the electrochemistry of quinones. Süheda is now working for the Solvay group in Brussels.

On Wednesday the 28^th of August 2013 members of the Electrochemistry and Interfaces group took part in the Massey Ferguson Runners Club (MFRC) corporate 5 mile race held at the War Memorial Park, Coventry. The team, named ‘SECCM best?’, was made up of three of the fastest runners from the Two Castles Run 2013 (Pat Unwin, Barak Aaronson and Aleix Guell) as well as Dr Andrew Marsh, Associate Professor in Warwick Chemistry. ‘SECCM best?’ were actually second best (!), although beaten by ‘Aston Martin 1’ (who else?) a team consisting of professional club runners. Well done to the ‘SECCM best?’ team - we look forward to your next competition.