Mass spectrometry and drift tube ion mobility mass spectrometry have been used to analyse several isobaric, multicomponent cages yielding information on three dimensional structure, interactions and dynamics of assembly in the gas phase.

-This paper details improvements in the design and fabrication of electrodes intended to function in the high temperature, corrosive environment of a molten salt. Previously reported devices have displayed low yield and lifetimes and this paper presents two strategies to improve these aspects of their performance. The first one involves reducing the critical area, which increased both the electrode yield and lifetimes. The second element utilised test structures, targeted at identifying failure mechanisms, which helped facilitate the materials/design modifications required to make the devices more robust.

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Molten salt is a corrosive, high temperature environment which is extremely challenging for sensing technologies. Microelectrodes are well-positioned as high fidelity electrochemical sensors and previous work has delivered microelectrodes capable of operating in such conditions. However, the lifetime of these sensors requires improvement. This work investigates the origins of device failure.