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Jia H, Zhang N, Kuang X, Ren X, Wu D, Ma H, Wei Q, Ju H. Highly Electroactive Co 2+-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks as an Efficient Coreaction Accelerator for Amplifying Near-Infrared Electrochemiluminescence of Gold Nanoclusters in Biomarkers Immunoassay. Anal Chem 2024; 96:11044-11051. [PMID: 38937378 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Metal nanoclusters (NCs) as a new kind of luminophore have acquired sufficient interest, but their widespread application is restricted on account of their relatively low electrochemiluminescence (ECL) efficiency. Then, aqueous metal NCs with high ECL efficiency were strongly anticipated, especially for the ultrasensitive analysis of biomarkers. Herein, a near-infrared (NIR) ECL biosensing strategy for the test of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) was proposed by utilizing N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC)- and cysteamine (Cys)-stabilized gold NCs (NAC/Cys-AuNCs) as ECL emitters with the NIR ECL emission around 860 nm and a metal-organic framework/palladium nanocubes (ZIF-67/PdNCs) hybrid as the coreaction accelerator through their admirable electrocatalytic activity. The NIR emission would reduce photochemical injury to the samples and even realize nondestructive analysis with highly strong susceptibility and suitability. Furthermore, the utilization of ZIF-67/PdNCs could improve the ECL response of NAC/Cys-AuNCs by facilitating the oxidation of the coreactant triethylamine (TEA), leading to the production of a larger quantity of reducing intermediate radical TEA•+. Consequently, NAC/Cys-AuNCs with ZIF-67/PdNCs displayed 2.7 fold enhanced ECL emission compared with the single NAC/Cys-AuNCs using TEA as the coreactant. In addition, HWRGWVC (HWR), a heptapeptide, was introduced to immobilize antibodies for the specially binding Fc fragment of the antibodies, which improved the binding efficiency and sensitivity. As a result, a "signal-on" immunosensor for NSE analysis was obtained with an extensive linear range of 0.1 to 5 ng/mL and a low limit of detection (0.033 fg/mL) (S/N = 3). This study provides a wonderful method for the development of an efficient nondestructive immunoassay.
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- Hongying Jia
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection; Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection; Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection; Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection; Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection; Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection; Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection; Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
- Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection; Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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Guo W, Xia M, Peng D, Zhao Y, Nie Y, Zhou Y. Co-Reactive Ligand In Situ Engineered Gold Nanoclusters with Ultra-Bright Near-Infrared Electrochemiluminescence for Ultrasensitive and Label-Free Detection of Carboxylesterase Activity. Anal Chem 2024; 96:2369-2377. [PMID: 38310525 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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Ultrasensitive and accurate monitoring of carboxylesterase (CE) activity is extremely crucial for the early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is still a considerable challenge. Herein, using a co-reactive ligand engineering strategy, ultra-bright near-infrared (λmax = 830 nm) and self-enhanced electrochemiluminescence (ECL) Au nanoclusters (NCs) were in situ prepared with 2-(diethylamino) ethanethiol (DEAET) as a co-reactive ligand. Remarkably, the co-reactive ligand not only acts as a stabilizer like traditional ligands but also plays a crucial role as a co-reactant to ensure a confinement effect to shorten the charge transfer distance and increase the local concentration, significantly improving the collision efficiency between the electrogenerated free radicals. Consequently, the DEAET Au NCs exhibited a record and stable anodal ECL without the addition of an exogenous co-reactant, dramatically superior to classical Au NCs and Ru(bpy)32+ with a certain amount of the co-reactant. As a proof of concept, a convenient and label-free CE biosensor was innovatively constructed using 1-naphthyl acetate as a selective substrate, achieving ultrasensitive detection for CE activity with a low limit of detection of 9.1 × 10-7 U/L. Therefore, this work not only paves a co-reactive ligand engineering strategy for in situ preparation of high-efficiency metal NCs but also provides an ultrasensitive and convenient platform for the early diagnosis of HCC.
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- Wenzheng Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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Yang L, Gu X, Liu J, Wu L, Qin Y. Functionalized nanomaterials-based electrochemiluminescent biosensors and their application in cancer biomarkers detection. Talanta 2024; 267:125237. [PMID: 37757698 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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To detect a range of trace biomarkers associated with human diseases, researchers have been focusing on developing biosensors that possess high sensitivity and specificity. Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensors have emerged as a prominent research tool in recent years, owing to their potential superiority in low background signal, high sensitivity, straightforward instrumentation, and ease of operation. Functional nanomaterials (FNMs) exhibit distinct advantages in optimizing electrical conductivity, increasing reaction rate, and expanding specific surface area due to their small size effect, quantum size effect, and surface and interface effects, which can significantly improve the stability, reproducibility, and sensitivity of the biosensors. Thereby, various nanomaterials (NMs) with excellent properties have been developed to construct efficient ECL biosensors. This review provides a detailed summary and discussion of FNMs-based ECL biosensors and their applications in cancer biomarkers detection.
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- Luxia Yang
- Nantong Key Laboratory of Public Health and Medical Analysis, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, PR China
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- Nantong Key Laboratory of Public Health and Medical Analysis, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, PR China
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- Nantong Key Laboratory of Public Health and Medical Analysis, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, PR China.
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- Nantong Key Laboratory of Public Health and Medical Analysis, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, PR China.
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- Nantong Key Laboratory of Public Health and Medical Analysis, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, PR China.
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Zhu X, Song Y, Wang X, Zhou Y, Chai Y, Yuan R. Copper nanoclusters electrochemiluminescence with tunable near-infrared emission wavelength for ultrasensitive detection of matrix metalloproteinase-2. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 238:115580. [PMID: 37595477 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Herein, the methionine (Met)/N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) templated copper nanoclusters (Met/NAC-Cu NCs) with tunable near-infrared region (NIR) electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emission wavelength was firstly synthesized as emitter for the ultrasensitive detection of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2). Significantly, the NAC played the role of template and reductant of cupric to acquire Cu NCs, and the surface defect regulator Met was used to connect NAC through -S-S- bond, which could heighten the surface defect of Cu NCs to continuously regulate the maximum ECL emission by successively controlling the molar ratio of Met and NAC, leading to the ECL emission wavelength of Cu NCs ranged from 680 nm to 750 nm. In addition, a rapid target triggered catalyst hairpin assembly (CHA) recycling amplification strategy was constructed through orderly and equidistantly arranging hairpin to increase its local concentration, resulting in greatly accelerated signal amplification efficiency and reaction rate. As a proof of concept, based on Met/NAC-Cu NCs as NIR ECL emitter and effective signal amplification tactic, a super-sensitive ECL biosensor was fabricated to detect target MMP-2 with the detection limit (LOD) as low as 1.65 fg/mL and successfully utilized for detecting of MMP-2 that from Hela and MCF-7 cancer cells. This research provided a wonderful avenue for regulating the optical performance of metal nanoclusters-based ECL emitters, and the developed neoteric NIR ECL emitter with the merits of less photochemical damage and deeper tissue penetration exhibited great potential in ultrasensitive biosensing and high-definition ECL imaging.
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- Xiaochun Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Speciality Food Co-Built by Sichuan and Chongqing, Chongqing, 400715, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
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Wang H, Song Y, Chai Y, Yuan R. An electrochemiluminescence immunosensor based on multipath signal catalytic amplification integrated in a Cu 2+-PEI-Pt/AuNC nanocomposite. Analyst 2023. [PMID: 37365898 DOI: 10.1039/d3an00721a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Here, the nanocomposite Cu2+-PEI-Pt/AuNCs with multipath signal catalytic amplification for a peroxydisulfate-dissolved oxygen electrochemiluminescence (ECL) system was prepared to fabricate a sensitive ECL immunosensor. Using polyethyleneimine (PEI), a linear polymer, as the reductant and template, Pt/Au nanochains (Pt/AuNCs) were prepared. Abundant PEI would adsorb on the surface of Pt/AuNCs via Pt-N or Au-N bonds, and further coordinate with Cu2+ to give the final nanocomposite Cu2+-PEI-Pt/AuNCs which possessed multipath signal catalytic amplification for the ECL of the peroxydisulfate-dissolved oxygen system in the presence of H2O2. First, PEI, as an effective co-reactant, could directly enhance the ECL intensity. Second, Pt/AuNCs could not only act as a mimicking enzyme to promote the decomposition of H2O2 to produce more oxygen in situ, but also act as an effective co-reaction accelerator to facilitate the generation of more co-reactive intermediate groups from peroxydisulfate, resulting in an obviously enhanced ECL signal. Then, Cu2+ could also accelerate the decomposition of H2O2 to produce more oxygen in situ, leading to a further improvement of the ECL response. Using Cu2+-PEI-Pt/AuNCs as a loading platform, a sandwiched ECL immunosensor was fabricated. As a result, the obtained ECL immunosensor possessed an ultra-sensitive detection performance for α-1-fetoprotein, providing effective information on the diagnosis and treatment of related diseases.
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- Haijun Wang
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.
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Mwanza C, Ding SN. Newly Developed Electrochemiluminescence Based on Bipolar Electrochemistry for Multiplex Biosensing Applications: A Consolidated Review. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:666. [PMID: 37367031 PMCID: PMC10295983 DOI: 10.3390/bios13060666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Recently, there has been an upsurge in the extent to which electrochemiluminescence (ECL) working in synergy with bipolar electrochemistry (BPE) is being applied in simple biosensing devices, especially in a clinical setup. The key objective of this particular write-up is to present a consolidated review of ECL-BPE, providing a three-dimensional perspective incorporating its strengths, weaknesses, limitations, and potential applications as a biosensing technique. The review encapsulates critical insights into the latest and novel developments in the field of ECL-BPE, including innovative electrode designs and newly developed, novel luminophores and co-reactants employed in ECL-BPE systems, along with challenges, such as optimization of the interelectrode distance, electrode miniaturization and electrode surface modification for enhancing sensitivity and selectivity. Moreover, this consolidated review will provide an overview of the latest, novel applications and advances made in this field with a bias toward multiplex biosensing based on the past five years of research. The studies reviewed herein, indicate that the technology is rapidly advancing at an outstanding purse and has an immense potential to revolutionize the general field of biosensing. This perspective aims to stimulate innovative ideas and inspire researchers alike to incorporate some elements of ECL-BPE into their studies, thereby steering this field into previously unexplored domains that may lead to unexpected, interesting discoveries. For instance, the application of ECL-BPE in other challenging and complex sample matrices such as hair for bioanalytical purposes is currently an unexplored area. Of great significance, a substantial fraction of the content in this review article is based on content from research articles published between the years 2018 and 2023.
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- Christopher Mwanza
- Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-medical Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
- Chemistry Department, University of Zambia, Lusaka 10101, Zambia
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- Jiangsu Province Hi-Tech Key Laboratory for Bio-medical Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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Zhou H, Liu R, Pan G, Cao M, Zhang L. Unique Electron-Transfer-Mediated Electrochemiluminescence of AuPt Bimetallic Nanoclusters and the Application in Cancer Immunoassay. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:bios13050550. [PMID: 37232911 DOI: 10.3390/bios13050550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Noble Metal nanoclusters (NCs) are promising electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emitters due to their amazing optical properties and excellent biocompatibility. They have been widely used in the detection of ions, pollutant molecules, biomolecules, etc. Herein, we found that glutathione-capped AuPt bimetallic NCs (GSH-AuPt NCs) emitted strong anodic ECL signals with triethylamine as co-reactants which had no fluorescence (FL) response. Due to the synergistic effect of bimetallic structures, the ECL signals of AuPt NCs were 6.8 and 94 times higher than those of monometallic Au and Pt NCs, respectively. The electric and optical properties of GSH-AuPt NCs differed from those of Au and Pt NCs completely. An electron-transfer mediated ECL mechanism was proposed. The excited electrons may be neutralized by Pt(II) in GSH-Pt and GSH-AuPt NCs, resulting in the vanished FL. Furthermore, abundant TEA radicals formed on the anode contributed electrons to the highest unoccupied molecular orbital of GSH-Au2.5Pt NCs and Pt(II), booming intense ECL signals. Because of the ligand effect and ensemble effect, bimetallic AuPt NCs exhibited much stronger ECL than GSH-Au NCs. A sandwich-type immunoassay for alpha fetoprotein (AFP) cancer biomarkers was fabricated with GSH-AuPt NCs as signal tags, which displayed a wide linear range from 0.01 to 1000 ng·mL-1 and a limit of detection (LOD) down to 1.0 pg·mL-1 at 3S/N. Compared to previous ECL AFP immunoassays, this method not only had a wider linear range but also a lower LOD. The recoveries of AFP in human serum were around 108%, providing a wonderful strategy for fast, sensitive, and accurate cancer diagnosis.
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- Huiwen Zhou
- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Flexible Printed Electronics Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Zhang X, Du Y, Liu X, Feng R, Jia Y, Ren X, Zhang N, Liu L, Wei Q, Ju H. Enhanced anode electrochemiluminescence in split aptamer sensor for kanamycin trace monitoring. Food Chem 2023; 420:136083. [PMID: 37059023 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.136083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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Covalently modifying electrochemiluminescence (ECL) luminophores to alter their energy levels or generate energy/electron transfer processes for improved performance is hindered by the complex design and fabrication processes. In this study, non-covalent bond self-assembly was employed to enhance the ECL property of gold nanoclusters with tryptophan (Try) and mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) as ligands (Try-MPA-gold nanoclusters). Specifically, through the molecular recognition of Try by cucurbit[7]uril, some non-radiative transition channels of the charge carriers on the surface of the Try-MPA-gold nanoclusters were restricted, resulting in a significant enhancement of the ECL intensity of the nanoclusters. Furthermore, rigid macrocyclic molecules acted on the surface of the nanoclusters through self-assembly, forming a passive barrier that improved the physical stability of the nanoclusters in the water-phase and indirectly improved their luminescent stability. As an application, cucurbit[7]uril-treated Try-MPA-gold nanoclusters (cucurbit[7]uril@Try-MPA-gold nanoclusters) were used as signal probes, and Zn-doped SnO2 nanoflowers (Zn-SnO2 NFs) with high electron mobility were used as electrode modification material to establish an ECL sensor for kanamycin (KANA) detection, utilizing split aptamers as capture probes. The advanced split aptamer sensor demonstrated excellent sensitivity analysis for KANA in complex food substrates with a recovery rate of 96.2 to 106.0%.
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- Xiaoyue Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China; Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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- Key Laboratory of Interfacial Reaction & Sensing Analysis in Universities of Shandong, Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China; State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Department of Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Mordini D, Mavridi-Printezi A, Menichetti A, Cantelli A, Li X, Montalti M. Luminescent Gold Nanoclusters for Bioimaging: Increasing the Ligand Complexity. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:nano13040648. [PMID: 36839016 PMCID: PMC9960743 DOI: 10.3390/nano13040648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Fluorescence, and more in general, photoluminescence (PL), presents important advantages for imaging with respect to other diagnostic techniques. In particular, detection methodologies exploiting fluorescence imaging are fast and versatile; make use of low-cost and simple instrumentations; and are taking advantage of newly developed powerful, low-cost, light-based electronic devices, such as light sources and cameras, used in huge market applications, such as civil illumination, computers, and cellular phones. Besides the aforementioned simplicity, fluorescence imaging offers a spatial and temporal resolution that can hardly be achieved with alternative methods. However, the two main limitations of fluorescence imaging for bio-application are still (i) the biological tissue transparency and autofluorescence and (ii) the biocompatibility of the contrast agents. Luminescent gold nanoclusters (AuNCs), if properly designed, combine high biocompatibility with PL in the near-infrared region (NIR), where the biological tissues exhibit higher transparency and negligible autofluorescence. However, the stabilization of these AuNCs requires the use of specific ligands that also affect their PL properties. The nature of the ligand plays a fundamental role in the development and sequential application of PL AuNCs as probes for bioimaging. Considering the importance of this, in this review, the most relevant and recent papers on AuNCs-based bioimaging are presented and discussed highlighting the different functionalities achieved by increasing the complexity of the ligand structure.
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Wang C, Liu S, Ju H. Electrochemiluminescence nanoemitters for immunoassay of protein biomarkers. Bioelectrochemistry 2023; 149:108281. [PMID: 36283193 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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The family of electrochemiluminescent luminophores has witnessed quick development since the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) phenomenon of silicon nanoparticles was first reported in 2002. Moreover, these developed ECL nanoemitters have extensively been applied in sensitive detection of protein biomarker by combining with immunological recognition. This review firstly summarized the origin and development of various ECL nanoemitters including inorganic and organic nanomaterials, with an emphasis on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-based ECL nanoemitters. Several effective strategies to amplify the ECL response of nanoemitters and improve the sensitivity of immunosensing were discussed. The application of ECL nanoemitters in immunoassay of protein biomarkers for diagnosis of cancers and other diseases, especially lung cancer and heart diseases, was comprehensively presented. The recent development of ECL imaging with the nanoemitters as ECL tags for detection of multiplex protein biomarkers on single cell membrane also attracted attention. Finally, the future opportunities and challenges in the ECL biosensing field were highlighted.
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- Chao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Peng L, Li P, Chen J, Deng A, Li J. Recent progress in assembly strategies of nanomaterials-based ultrasensitive electrochemiluminescence biosensors for food safety and disease diagnosis. Talanta 2023; 253:123906. [PMID: 36122432 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The Electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-based biosensors have received considerable attention in food contaminants and disease diagnosis, due to their fascinating advantages such as low cost, fast analysis speed, wide linear range, high sensitivity, and excellent anti-interference ability. Meanwhile, with the vigorous development and improvement of nanotechnology, biosensor assembly strategies tend to diversify and be multifunctional. This review focuses on the representative ECL biosensors in food safety and disease diagnosis reported by our research group and other research groups based on nanomaterials assembly strategies in recent years. According to the different roles of nanomaterials played in the constitution of ECL biosensors, nanomaterials would be divided into the following two categories to be summarized: (1) Nanomaterials for signal amplification. (2) Nanomaterials as ECL emitters. Finally, this review prospects the perspectives on the future development direction of ECL biosensor in food safety and disease diagnosis.
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- Lu Peng
- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China.
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- The Key Lab of Health Chemistry & Molecular Diagnosis of Suzhou, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China.
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Wang D, Gao X, Jia J, Zhang B, Zou G. Valence-State-Engineered Electrochemiluminescence from Au Nanoclusters. ACS NANO 2023; 17:355-362. [PMID: 36534370 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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To determine the intrinsic effects of body elements on the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of metal nanoclusters (NCs), herein, a valence-state engineering strategy is developed to adjust the NCs' ECL with bovine serum albumin (BSA)-stabilized AuNCs as a model, in which engineering the valence state of the Au body element, i.e., Au(0) and Au(I), is performed via successively reducing the precursor AuCl4- to Au(I) and Au(0) with BSA. The obtained BSA-AuNCs/N2H4 system leads to three anodic ECL processes at 0.37 (ECL-1), 0.85 (ECL-2), and 1.45 V (ECL-3). ECL-1 is generated from the BSA-Au(0) section of BSA-AuNCs in a surface-defect-involved route and is much stronger and red-shifted compared to ECL-2 and ECL-3, which are generated from the BSA-Au(I) section of BSA-AuNCs in the band-gap-engineered route. Each of the anodic ECL processes can be selectively generated and/or suppressed via adjusting the Au(I)/Au(0) ratio of BSA-AuNCs, tunable ECL generation route, and triggering potential, and the emission intensity and waveband of metal NCs are conveniently achieved in body-element-involved valence-state engineering.
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- Dongyang Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan250100, China
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Du D, Wang J, Guo M, Shu J, Nie W, Bian Z, Yang D, Cui H. Charge-Dependent Signal Changes for Label-Free Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassays. Anal Chem 2022; 94:16436-16442. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Dexin Du
- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P. R. China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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Dong H, Wu Z, Liu S, Li Y, Jiang F, Liu Q, Wang P, Xu Z, Li Y. A “signal-off” electrochemiluminescence biosensing platform based on high efficiency quenching effect of functionalized copper oxide toward glutathione-gold nanoclusters. Talanta 2022; 249:123649. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Jia W, Han Y, Mao X, Xu W, Zhang Y. Nanotechnology strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis and treatment. RSC Adv 2022; 12:31068-31082. [PMID: 36349046 PMCID: PMC9621307 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra05127c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common malignancy threatening human health, and existing diagnostic and therapeutic techniques are facing great challenges. In the last decade or so, nanotechnology has been developed and improved for tumor diagnosis and treatment. For example, nano-intravenous injections have been approved for malignant perivascular epithelioid cell tumors. This article provides a comprehensive review of the applications of nanotechnology in HCC in recent years: (I) in radiological imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fluorescence imaging (FMI) and multimodality imaging. (II) For diagnostic applications in HCC serum markers. (III) As embolic agents in transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) or directly as therapeutic drugs. (IV) For application in photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy. (V) As carriers of chemotherapeutic drugs, targeted drugs, and natural plant drugs. (VI) For application in gene and immunotherapy. Compared with the traditional methods for diagnosis and treatment of HCC, nanoparticles have high sensitivity, reduce drug toxicity and have a long duration of action, and can also be combined with photothermal and photodynamic multimodal combination therapy. These summaries provide insights for the further development of nanotechnology applications in HCC.
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- WeiLu Jia
- Medical School, Southeast University Nanjing 210009 China
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- Outpatient Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Nanjing 210009 China
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Nanjing 210009 China
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- Medical School, Southeast University Nanjing 210009 China
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- Hepatopancreatobiliary Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Nanjing 210009 China
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Zhang G, Mo F, Song L, Zhang L, Kuang G, Yang Y, Li L, Fu Y. Cluster-Dominated Electrochemiluminescence of Tertiary Amines in Polyethyleneimine Nanoparticles: Mechanism Insights and Sensing Application. Anal Chem 2022; 94:14682-14690. [PMID: 36222228 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Designing and screening highly efficient and cost-effective luminophores have always been a challenge to develop sensitive electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensors. Herein, polyethyleneimine nanoparticles (PEI NPs), a kind of nonconjugated polymer (NCP) NPs with tertiary amine clusters, were developed as an ECL luminophore. Specifically, PEI NPs were synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method using PEI and formaldehyde. The properties of PEI NPs were investigated in detail using photochemical and electrochemical techniques. The results showed cluster-dominated luminescence of tertiary amines in PEI NPs via "through-space conjugation". This non-negligible ECL performance (at 631 nm) was also verified by the initiated reduction-oxidation process. With persulfate as a coreactant, PEI NPs acted as both the luminophore and coreaction accelerator to enhance the ECL intensity remarkably, which was eightfold higher than that of isolated PEI. Moreover, choosing dopamine as the model target, a highly sensitive "signal off" ternary ECL sensor was constructed utilizing PEI NPs as the luminophore. Dopamine could be oxidized to benzoquinone at the sensing interface, quenching the signal via ECL energy transfer. Free from any signal amplification, the proposed sensor achieved a low detection limit (4.3 nM) for target monitoring with good selectivity and stability. This strategy not only provides a unique perspective for designing novel efficient and facile ECL luminophores of tertiary amines but also broadens the biological application of NCP NPs.
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- Gui Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing400715, China
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Kim JH, Choi J, Kim J, Kim J. Enhanced near-infrared electrochemiluminescence of Au nanoclusters treated with piperidine. Bioelectrochemistry 2022; 147:108192. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Yoo SM, Jeon YM, Heo SY. Electrochemiluminescence Systems for the Detection of Biomarkers: Strategical and Technological Advances. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12090738. [PMID: 36140123 PMCID: PMC9496345 DOI: 10.3390/bios12090738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-based sensing systems rely on light emissions from luminophores, which are generated by high-energy electron transfer reactions between electrogenerated species on an electrode. ECL systems have been widely used in the detection and monitoring of diverse, disease-related biomarkers due to their high selectivity and fast response times, as well as their spatial and temporal control of luminance, high controllability, and a wide detection range. This review focuses on the recent strategic and technological advances in ECL-based biomarker detection systems. We introduce several sensing systems for medical applications that are classified according to the reactions that drive ECL signal emissions. We also provide recent examples of sensing strategies and technologies based on factors that enhance sensitivity and multiplexing abilities as well as simplify sensing procedures. This review also discusses the potential strategies and technologies for the development of ECL systems with an enhanced detection ability.
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Wang D, Liu X, Zeng Y, Zhang Q, Zhang B, Zou G. Low-Triggering-Potential Single-Color Electrochemiluminescence from Bovine Serum Albumin-Stabilized Unary Au Nanocrystals for Immunoassays. Anal Chem 2022; 94:11688-11694. [PMID: 35943953 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Herein, low-triggering-potential (LTP) electrochemiluminescence (ECL) with an onset around 0.0 V (vs Ag/AgCl) is proposed with bovine serum albumin (BSA)-stabilized Au nanocrystals (BSA-AuNCs) as a luminophore and hydrazine hydrate (N2H4) as a coreactant. The BSA-AuNCs/N2H4 system can exhibit efficient LTP-ECL around 0.37 V with the luminophore of both monodispersed and surface-confined states. The LTP-ECL of BSA-AuNCs/N2H4 is a kind of single-color emission with a maximum emission wavelength around 740 nm, which is obviously red-shifted for 80 nm from that of BSA-AuNCs PL, and indicates that the ECL is generated in a surface-defect-involved route instead of the band-gap-engineered route. Importantly, BSA-AuNCs can be utilized as ECL tags to perform sandwich-type immunoassays with acceptable sensitivity and selectivity, which exhibits a wide linear response for determining CA125 from 0.5 to 1000 mU/mL and a limit of detection of 0.05 mU/mL (S/N = 3).
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- Dongyang Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Shenzhen Lifotronic Technology Company Limited, No. 1008 Songbai Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Lifotronic Technology Company Limited, No. 1008 Songbai Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Lifotronic Technology Company Limited, No. 1008 Songbai Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Pan Y, Wei X. A novel FRET immunosensor for rapid and sensitive detection of dicofol based on bimetallic nanoclusters. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1224:340235. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Kang Q, Huang Y, Ma X, Li M, Ma C, Shen D. A simple and sensitive electrochemiluminescence spectrum measurement platform and spectrum-resolved ratiometric sensor for miroRNA-141 determination. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Liu G, Guan X, Li B, Zhou H, Kong N, Wang H. Hemin-graphene oxide-gold nanoflower-assisted enhanced electrochemiluminescence immunosensor for determination of prostate-specific antigen. Mikrochim Acta 2022; 189:297. [PMID: 35900602 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05387-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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An ultrasensitive luminol electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunosensor was constructed for the detection of prostate specific antigen (PSA) using glucose oxidase-decorated hemin-graphene oxide-gold nanoflowers ternary nanocomposites as probes. Graphene oxide was first modified with hemin and then with gold nanoflowers through an in situ growth method, which has significantly boosted the catalytic activity of this graphene oxide-based peroxidase mimetics. The biocatalytical activity of this ECL immunosensor was thoroughly investigated to achieve selective recognition of the analyte molecules (PSA) by specific binding between antigens and antibodies. The limit of detection was calculated to be 0.32 pg mL-1 with a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. A broad linear range from 7.5 × 10-4 to 2.5 ng mL-1 was obtained. Such step-by-step assembled biosensor showed controlled nanostructure and exhibited promising application in analysis of human serum samples with a recovery range of 90.6-111.8% and a RSD range of 3.9-5.5%.
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- Gengjun Liu
- Department of Blood Transfusion, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266042, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Medicine Department, Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Molecular, Engineering of Polymers and Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Blood Transfusion, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266042, People's Republic of China.
- Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, People's Republic of China.
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- Agricultural Products Processing Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang, 524001, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Blood Transfusion, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266042, People's Republic of China.
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A sensitive electrochemiluminescence aptasensor for Pb2+ detection in soil based on dual signal amplification strategy of aggregation-induced emission and resonance energy transfer. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fu L, Zhang B, Gao X, Dong S, Wang D, Zou G. A General Route for Chemiluminescence of n-Type Au Nanocrystals. Anal Chem 2022; 94:8811-8817. [PMID: 35675670 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The photoluminescence, electroluminescence, and electrochemiluminescence from nanocrystals (NCs) have been extensively exploited for both fundamental and applied investigation over two decades, while the understanding of chemiluminescence (CL) from NCs is still far from clear by now. Herein, a general route for triggering CL from NC luminophore is proposed by extensively exploiting the charge transfer between n-type NCs and oxidants. Oxidants, such as K2S2O8, H2O2, KMnO4, and NaClO, can chemically inject the hole onto the valence band (VB) of methionine-capped n-type AuNCs (Met@AuNCs) and enable the occurrence of efficient radiative-charge-recombination between the chemically injected exogenous VB hole and the pre-existed endogenous conduction band (CB) electron, which eventually results in single-color and defect-involved CL with the maximum emission wavelength around 824 nm. The CL of Met@AuNCs/oxidant is qualified for ultrasensitive CL immunoassay in a similar procedure to the biotin-avidin and magnetic separation involved commercial CL immunoassay and exhibits acceptable performance for linearly determining carcinoembryonic antigen from 50 pg/mL to 100 ng/mL with a limit of detection of 10 pg/mL (S/N = 3). This strategy provides a general route to develop nanoparticulate CL luminophores and might eventually enable CL multiplexing assay via extensively exploiting the CL of different wavebands.
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- Li Fu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Cao Y, Zhou JL, Ma Y, Zhou Y, Zhu JJ. Recent progress of metal nanoclusters in electrochemiluminescence. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:8927-8937. [PMID: 35593102 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00810f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Metal nanoclusters (MeNCs), composed of a few to hundreds of metal atoms and appropriate surface ligands, have attracted extensive interest in the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) realm owing to their molecule-like optical, electronic, and physicochemical attributes and are strongly anticipated for discrete energy levels, fascinating electrocatalytic activity, and good biocompatibility. Over the past decade, huge efforts have been devoted to the synthesis, properties, and application research of ECL-related MeNCs, and this field is still a subject of heightened concern. Therefore, this perspective aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent advances of MeNCs in the ECL domain, mainly covering the emerged ECL available MeNCs, unique chemical and optical properties, and the general ECL mechanisms. Synthesis strategies for desirable ECL performance are further highlighted, and the resulting ECL sensing applications utilizing MeNCs as luminophores, quenchers, and substrates are discussed systematically. Finally, we anticipate the future prospects and challenges in the development of this area.
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- Yue Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), Nanjing 210046, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics & Information Displays (KLOEID) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), Nanjing 210046, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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Jia H, Li J, Yang L, Fan D, Kuang X, Sun X, Wei Q, Ju H. Hollow Double-Shell CuCo 2O 4@Cu 2O Heterostructures as a Highly Efficient Coreaction Accelerator for Amplifying NIR Electrochemiluminescence of Gold Nanoclusters in Immunoassay. Anal Chem 2022; 94:7132-7139. [PMID: 35522579 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The evolution of electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emission amplified by coreaction accelerator in near-infrared (NIR) area has been overwhelmingly anticipated for ultrasensitive detection of disease biomarkers. Herein, the hollow double-shell CuCo2O4@Cu2O (HDS-CuCo2O4@Cu2O) heterostructures were conveniently prepared and utilized as an attractive coreaction accelerator to improve the NIR ECL performance of gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) for the first time. Benefiting from perfect-matched lattice spacing, unique Cu2O nanoparticles (NPs) were formed in situ on the layered-hollow CuCo2O4 nanospheres (NSs) to obtain HDS-CuCo2O4@Cu2O heterostructures. The formed heterojunctions supplied shorter charge transfer distance and better interfacial charge transfer efficiency as well as more effective separation performance. Consequently, HDS-CuCo2O4@Cu2O heterostructures as an admirable electroactive substrate could significantly promote the formation of sufficient coreactant intermediate radicals to react with AuNCs cationic radicals, realizing about 3-folds stronger NIR ECL response than that of individual AuNCs. In addition, the AuNCs templated by l-methionine (l-Met) exhibited NIR ECL emission around 830 nm, which could decrease the photochemical damage to even realize a nondestructive detection with improved susceptibility and circumambient adaptability. Subsequently, a well site-oriented fixation strategy utilizing HWRGWVC heptapeptide as the specific antibody immobilizer was introduced to further preserve the bioactivity of antibody on the HDS-CuCo2O4@Cu2O and AuNCs surface along with enhancing the incubation performance markedly. In view of the progressive sensing mechanism, a NIR immunosensor was obtained for the ultrasensitive analysis of CYFRA21-1, which achieved a broad linear ranging from 2 fg/mL to 50 ng/mL and a low limit of detection (LOD) of 0.67 fg/mL (S/N = 3).
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- Hongying Jia
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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Lv H, Zhang R, Cong S, Guo J, Shao M, Liu W, Zhang L, Lu X. Near-Infrared Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence from Simple Copper Nanoclusters for Sensitive Alpha-Fetoprotein Sensing. Anal Chem 2022; 94:4538-4546. [PMID: 35235292 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Exploiting low cost, water-soluble, and near-infrared (NIR) emissive electrochemiluminophores (ECLphores) is significantly important for biological applications. In this study, bright and NIR electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) emissive copper nanoclusters (Cu NCs) were synthesized through a facile one-pot wet chemical reduction method. ECL properties of obtained Cu NCs were examined in the presence of potassium persulfate, resulting in maximum intensity at 735 nm, at least 135 nm red-shifted with respect to all other Cu NCs. Electrochemistry, photoluminescence (PL), and spooling ECL spectroscopies were used to track NIR ECL emission of Cu NCs ascribed to the monomeric excited states. Due to the abundant binding sites of bovine serum albumin (BSA) to anchor target biomolecules, a sandwich-type ECL immunosensor was thus fabricated using such BSA-templated Cu NCs as tags and alpha fetoprotein antigen (AFP) as a model protein for the first time. Without assisting any signal amplification strategies, the proposed NIR ECL biosensor exhibited a wide linear range (1-400 ng mL-1) and low detection limit (0.02 ng mL-1) as well as superior selectivity and reproducibility and was successfully applied in real human serum sample determination. This work sets the stage for the development of novel non-noble metal nanoclusters for large-scale and emerging nanotechnology applications.
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- Huiping Lv
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry and Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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Ma X, Kang Q, Li M, Fu L, Zou G, Shen D. Sensitive, Signal-Modulation Strategy for Discrimination of ECL Spectra and Investigation of Mutual Interactions of Emitters. Anal Chem 2022; 94:3637-3644. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Xuemei Ma
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China
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Jia H, Yang L, Dong X, Zhou L, Wei Q, Ju H. Cysteine Modification of Glutathione-Stabilized Au Nanoclusters to Red-Shift and Enhance the Electrochemiluminescence for Sensitive Bioanalysis. Anal Chem 2022; 94:2313-2320. [PMID: 35037452 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Screening new electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emitters for the design of sensitive detection strategies with even long emission wavelength is intensively anticipated in ECL evolution. Herein, a promising modification strategy for improving the ECL performance of Au nanoclusters (AuNCs) as a water-soluble luminophore was proposed. Upon the introduction of l-cysteine (l-Cys) onto the surface of glutathione (GSH)-stabilized AuNCs (GSH-AuNCs), the dual-thiol bond between l-Cys and GSH was formed to limit the intramolecular motion and nonradiative relaxation of the excited state from the capping agents, which resulted in the enhancement of monochromatic ECL emission of GSH-AuNCs with a red-shifted wavelength. By utilizing triethylamine as a coreactant, the ECL of l-Cys/GSH-AuNCs was about 1.5-fold stronger than that of GSH-AuNCs, and the emission wavelength red-shifted from 660 to 780 nm at a relatively low potential, which could decrease the interference in bioassay and the photochemical damage in nondestructive detection. As a proof of application, a sandwich-type immunosensing method for CYFRA 21-1 was proposed with l-Cys/GSH-AuNCs as the signal tag, which displayed a wide linear ranging from 0.2 fg/mL to 2 ng/mL and a limit of detection down to 0.067 fg/mL at 3S/N. This work provides a wonderful strategy for promoting the performance of ECL emitters.
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- Hongying Jia
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Green Chemical Manufacturing and Accurate Detection, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China.,State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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Zhang N, Wang XT, Xiong Z, Huang LY, Jin Y, Wang AJ, Yuan PX, He YB, Feng JJ. Hydrogen Bond Organic Frameworks as a Novel Electrochemiluminescence Luminophore: Simple Synthesis and Ultrasensitive Biosensing. Anal Chem 2021; 93:17110-17118. [PMID: 34913694 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nowadays, continuous efforts have been devoted to searching highly efficient electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emitters for applications in clinical diagnosis and food safety. In this work, triazinyl-based hydrogen bond organic frameworks (Tr-HOFs) were synthesized by N···H hydrogen bond self-assembly aggregation, where 6,6'-(1,4-phenylene)bis(1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) (phenyDAT) was prepared via the cyclization reaction and behaved as a novel ligand. Impressively, the resulting Tr-HOFs showed strong ECL responses with highly enhanced ECL efficiency (21.3%) relative to the Ru(bpy)32+ standard, while phenyDAT hardly showed any ECL emission in aqueous phase. The Tr-HOFs innovatively worked as a new ECL luminophore to construct a label-free biosensor for assay of kanamycin (Kana). Specifically, the ECL response greatly weakened upon assembly of captured DNA with ferrocene (cDNA-Fc) onto the Tr-HOFs-modified electrode, while the ECL signals were adversely recovered by releasing linked DNA (L-DNA) from double-stranded DNA (dsDNA, hybridization of aptamer DNA (aptDNA) with L-DNA) due to the specific recognition of Kana with the aptDNA combined by the linkage of L-DNA and cDNA-Fc on the electrode. The as-built sensor showed a broadened linear range (1 nM-10 μM) and a limit of detection (LOD) down to 0.28 nM, which also displayed satisfactory results in the analysis of Kana in the milk and diluted human serum samples. This work offers a novel pathway to design an ECL emitter with organic molecules, holding great promise in biomedical analysis and food detection.
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- Nuo Zhang
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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Fu L, Gao X, Dong S, Jia J, Xu Y, Wang D, Zou G. Coreactant-Free and Direct Electrochemiluminescence from Dual-Stabilizer-Capped InP/ZnS Nanocrystals: A New Route Involving n-Type Luminophore. Anal Chem 2021; 94:1350-1356. [PMID: 34962776 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is conventionally generated in either an annihilation or a coreactant route, and the overwhelming majority of ECL research is conducted in the coreactant route via oxidizing or reducing the coexisting coreactant and luminophore. The coreacant-free ECL generated via merely oxidizing the luminophore would break through the ceiling of coreactant ECL via excluding the detrimental effects of exogenous coreactant and dissolved oxygen. Herein, by exploiting the rich-electron nature of n-type nanocrystals (NCs), coreacant-free ECL is achieved via merely oxidizing 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) and mercaptosuccinic acid (MSA) capped InP/ZnS NCs, i.e., InP/ZnSMPA-MSA. The electron-rich InP/ZnSMPA-MSA can be electrochemically injected with holes via two oxidative processes at around +0.75 and +1.37 V (vs Ag/AgCl), respectively, and the exogenous hole can directly combine the conduction band (CB) electron of InP/ZnSMPA-MSA, resulting in two coreactant-free ECL processes without employing any exogenous coreactant. The deprotonation process for the carboxyl group of the capping agents can provide a negatively charged surface to InP/ZnSMPA-MSA and enhance the coreactant-free ECL. The hole-injecting process at +1.37 is much stronger than that at +0.75 V and eventually enables an ∼2000-fold enhanced ECL at +1.37 V than that at +0.75 V. The ECL at +1.37 V can be utilized for coreactant-free ECL immunoassay with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as analyte, which exhibits an acceptable linear response from 5 pg·mL-1 to 1 ng·mL-1 with a limit of detection of 0.3 pg·mL-1. The coreactant-free ECL route would provide an alternative to both annihilation and coreactant routes, simplify the ECL assay procedure and deepening the ECL mechanism investigations.
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- Li Fu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Jiang D, Wei M, Du X, Qin M, Shan X, Wang W, Chen Z. Ultrasensitive near-infrared aptasensor for enrofloxacin detection based on wavelength tunable AgBr nanocrystals electrochemiluminescence emission triggered by O-terminated Ti 3C 2 MXene. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 200:113917. [PMID: 34972041 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Toxic-free and easily accessible electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emitter/luminophore with near-infrared (NIR) emission is highly anticipated for ECL biosensor evolution. In this study, well-dispersed AgBr nanocrystals (NCs) decorated Ti3C2 MXene nanocomposites (Ti3C2-AgBrNCs) were prepared using a simple wet chemical technique and demonstrated highly efficient NIR ECL emission. For the first time, Ti3C2-AgBrNCs displayed wavelength-tunable ECL emission with varied Ti3C2 contents. Interestingly, further experimental data revealed that the ECL emission wavelength of Ti3C2-AgBrNCs red-shifted from 550 to 665 nm as Ti3C2 content increased, which can be attributed to the surface-defect effect generated by the oxygen-containing functional groups in Ti3C2 MXene. In particular, the ECL emission at 665 nm of Ti3C2-AgBrNCs nanocomposites not only revealed a 3.5 times increased ECL intensity but also a more stable ECL signal compared to pure AgBr NCs. As a proof of concept, a direct-type NIR ECL aptasensor with signal-on strategy was constructed with the Ti3C2-AgBrNCs nanocomposites as an ECL platform and enrofloxacin (ENR) as a model analyte. The NIR ECL aptasensor exhibited high sensitivity, a wide linear range from 1.0 × 10-12 mol/L to 1.0 × 10-6 mol/L and a low detection limit (5.97 × 10-13 mol/L). This research offered a viable alternative way for producing toxic-free and efficient near-infrared ECL luminophores in bioanalysis and wavelength-tuning light-emitting devices.
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- Ding Jiang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, PR China
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- Oakland International Associated Laboratory, School of Photoelectric Engineering, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213032, PR China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials Surface Science and Technology, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, PR China; Analysis and Testing Center, NERC Biomass of Changzhou University, Jiangsu, 213032, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, 213164, PR China.
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Wang C, Li Z, Ju H. Copper-Doped Terbium Luminescent Metal Organic Framework as an Emitter and a Co-reaction Promoter for Amplified Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay. Anal Chem 2021; 93:14878-14884. [PMID: 34702024 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This work designed a signal amplification strategy for construction of a highly sensitive electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensor by doping Cu2+ in a terbium luminescent metal organic framework (Cu:Tb-MOF) to act as a co-reaction promoter, which enhanced the generation of SO4•- radical during the cathodic process in the presence of K2S2O8 as a co-reactant. The porous and hollow morphology and the size of Cu:Tb-MOF could be efficiently tuned via changing the molar ratio of Cu2+ and Tb3+ and the reaction time, which were related to the specific surface area, pore diameter, and the ECL intensity of the MOF structure. To further improve the sensitivity of the ECL biosensor, H2O2 was introduced into the ECL system to act as another co-reaction promoter, leading to a new ECL mechanism involving dual co-reaction promoters. In view of the low electron transfer resistance of Cu:Tb-MOF, a label-free ECL immunosensor was conveniently constructed by co-immobilizing Cu:Tb-MOF and the capture antibody on the electrode surface. Using pro-gastrin-releasing peptide (ProGRP, a biomarker of small-cell lung cancer) as the model target, the proposed immunosensor exhibited excellent performance with a detection range of 1.0 pg·mL-1 to 50 ng·mL-1 and a limit of detection down to 0.68 pg·mL-1 (3σ). This work demonstrated a strategy to use the MOF structures as both an emitter and a co-reaction promoter for amplified ECL emission and proposed an innovative route to extend the application of lanthanide MOFs.
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- Chao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Green Catalysis Center, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Green Construction of Functional Molecules and Their Bioanalytical Applications, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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Hesari M, Ding Z. Efficient Near-Infrared Electrochemiluminescence from Au 18 Nanoclusters. Chemistry 2021; 27:14821-14825. [PMID: 34543484 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Bright, near-infrared electrochemiluminescence (NIR-ECL) of Au18 nanoclusters is reported herein. Spooling ECL and photoluminescence spectroscopy were used to track and link NIR emissions at 832 and 848 nm to three emissive species, Au18 0 *, Au18 1+ * and Au18 2+ *, with a considerably high ECL efficiency of 5.5 relative to that of the gold standard Ru(bpy)3 2+ /TPrA (with 5-6 % reported ECL efficiency). The unprecedentedly high efficiency is due to the overlapped oxidation potentials of Au18 0 and tri-n-propylamine as co-reactant, the exposed facets of Au18 0 gold core, and electrocatalytic loops. These discoveries will add a new member to the efficient NIR-ECL gold nanoclusters family and bring more potential applications.
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- Mahdi Hesari
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St., London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St., London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada
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Yang L, De-Jager CR, Adsetts JR, Chu K, Liu K, Zhang C, Ding Z. Analyzing Near-Infrared Electrochemiluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots in Aqueous Media. Anal Chem 2021; 93:12409-12416. [PMID: 34464100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mechanisms of emissions, especially electrochemiluminescence (ECL), for graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are poorly understood, which makes near-infrared (NIR)-emitting GQDs difficult to create. To explore this poorly understood NIR ECL, two GQDs, nitrogen-doped GQDs (GQD-1) and nitrogen- and sulfur-doped ones (GQD-2), were prepared by a simple one-step solvothermal reaction with similar core structures but different surface states. The GQDs were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Photoluminescence results, with a comparable quantum efficiency of 13% to strong luminophores in aqueous media, suggested a mechanism that the emission mainly depends on the core structure while slightly adjusted by the heteroatom doping. ECL of GQD-2 dispersed in aqueous media with K2S2O8 as the coreactant was measured by means of ECL-voltage curves and ECL spectroscopy, demonstrating strong NIR emissions between 680 and 870 nm, with a high ECL efficiency of 13% relative to that of the Ru(bpy)32+/K2S2O8 system. Interestingly, ECL is generated by surface excited states emitting light at a much longer wavelength in the NIR region. The easily prepared GQD-2 has several advantages such as low cost and quite strong NIR-ECL in aqueous media, with which wide applications in biodetection are anticipated.
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- Liuqing Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
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Zhu X, Zhang X, Zhou Y, Chai Y, Yuan R. High-Efficient Electrochemiluminescence of Au Nanoclusters Induced by the Electrosensitizer Cu 2O: The Mechanism Insights from the Electrogenerated Process. Anal Chem 2021; 93:10212-10219. [PMID: 34251187 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Herein, a novel Au nanoclusters/Cu2O (Au NCs/Cu2O) heterostructure exhibited exceptionally strong electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emission, in which the p-type semiconductor Cu2O was defined as the electrosensitizer to provide the electrogenerated holes for rapidly transferring the electrogenerated hot electrons of Au NCs. Thus, the fast charge transfer of Au NCs/Cu2O was achieved by the electrosensitizer compared to the sluggish one via intramolecular covalent bond charge transfer of traditional Au NCs, resulting in a greatly higher ECL efficiency (63.8%) than that of pure Au NCs (2.7%) versus the standard [Ru(bpy)3]2+. It solved one main challenge of electrochemiluminophore-based metal NCs: high efficiency with energic charge-transport kinetics. As a proof of concept, Au NCs/Cu2O was successfully employed in an ultrasensitive ECL biosensing platform for determining the biological antioxidant glutathione with a limit of detection (LOD) as low as 6.3 pM. The heterostructure as an ECL emitter is a very promising start for guiding the rational design of efficient electrochemiluminophores in intense light-emitting devices and high-definition ECL imaging.
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- Xiaochun Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Wang Y, Li Y, Zhang W, Yin P, Shang L, Ma R, Jia L, Xue Q, He S, Wang H. Lowly-aggregated perylene diimide as a near-infrared electrochemiluminescence luminophore for ultrasensitive immunosensors at low potentials. Analyst 2021; 146:3679-3685. [PMID: 33955434 DOI: 10.1039/d1an00410g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) field, most reported luminophores were focused on high-triggering potential and short wavelength, which was adverse for the ECL theory study and application at low potentials. Perylene diimide derivatives could emit near-infrared (NIR) ECL at low-triggering potential; however, they are always highly aggregated into a microrod structure and stacked together, which largely limited their application in biological fields such as bio-sensing and bio-imaging. To overcome these obstacles, we designed a novel perylene diimide molecule, namely N,N'-dicaproate sodium-3,4,9,10-perylenedicarboximide (PDI-COONa). This molecule self-assembled into a two-dimensional network nanostructure, which largely decreased the aggregation degree of PDI molecules and provided solid bases for designing lowly-aggregated PDI molecules. Also, the formed nanoluminophore produced strong emission at -0.26 V with an NIR wavelength 700 nm, which should be due to the excited J-type PDI-COO- dimers. Moreover, this network nanoluminophore well-dispersed on graphene oxide (GO) as an ECL nanomaterial to label secondary antibodies and fabricate a sandwiched immunosensor for alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) detection between 0 and -0.6 V. This immunosensor showed a wider linear response for AFP ranging from 0.1 fg mL-1 to 1 μg mL-1 with a low detection limit 0.0353 fg mL-1 compared with other immunosensors based on PDI microrod-modified GO ECL materials. The fabricated immunosensor also showed good feasibility in human serum samples.
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- Yunyun Wang
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China.
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China.
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- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China.
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- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China.
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- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China.
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- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China.
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- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059, China.
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Yang J, Xiao X, Xia L, Li G, Shui L. Microfluidic Magnetic Analyte Delivery Technique for Separation, Enrichment, and Fluorescence Detection of Ultratrace Biomarkers. Anal Chem 2021; 93:8273-8280. [PMID: 34061492 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A microfluidic magnetic analyte delivery (μMAD) technique was developed to realize sample preparation and ultrasensitive biomarker detection. A simply designed microfluidic device was employed to carry out this technique, including a poly(dimethylsiloxane)-glass hybrid microchip having four straight rectangular channels and a permanent magnet. In the μMAD process, functionalized magnetic beads (MBs) were used to recognize and isolate analytes from a complex sample matrix, deliver analytes into tiny microchannels, and preconcentrate analytes in the magnetic trapping/detection region for in situ fluorescence detection. In the feasibility study and sensitivity optimization, horseradish peroxidase-labeled MBs were used, and critical parameters for the signal amplification performance of μMAD were carefully evaluated. At optimized conditions, a sensitivity improvement of at least 2 orders of magnitude was achieved. As a proof of concept, μMAD was combined with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), while carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and interleukin 6 (IL-6) were selected as model biomarkers. The limits of detection (LODs) of μMAD-ELISA were as low as 0.29 pg/mL for CEA, 0.047 pg/mL for PSA, and 0.021 pg/mL for IL-6, which corresponded to an over 200-fold reduction compared to their commercial ELISA results. Meanwhile, μMAD-ELISA revealed high selectivity and reproducibility. In clinical sample analysis, good accuracy was acquired for human serum analysis relative to commercial ELISA kits, and satisfied recoveries of 85.1-102% with RSDs of 1.7-9.8% for IL-6 and 84.7-113% with RSDs of 3.2-8.3% for interferon-γ were obtained. This ultrasensitive and easy operation technique provides a valuable approach for trace-level biomarker detection for practical applications.
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- Jiani Yang
- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Song J, Teng H, Xu Z, Liu N, Xu L, Liu L, Gao F, Luo X. Free-standing electrochemical biosensor for carcinoembryonic antigen detection based on highly stable and flexible conducting polypyrrole nanocomposite. Mikrochim Acta 2021; 188:217. [PMID: 34057597 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-04859-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A flexible free-standing electrochemical biosensor to detect carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is described based on a conducting polypyrrole (PPy) nanocomposite film electrode. The conducting PPy composite was constructed by the sandwiched structure formed by PPy doped with pentaerythritol ethoxylate (PEE) and 2-naphthalene sulfonate (2-NS-PPy) separately via electropolymerization. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were fixed on the PPy composite film by electrodeposition and then connected to CEA aptamer through self-assembly to construct a free-standing electrochemical biosensor breaking away from additional soft substrates and current collector. This PPy composite film-based electrochemical biosensor exhibits satisfying sensing performance for CEA detection, with a linear range from 10-10 g/mL to 10-6 g/mL and a detection limit of 0.033 ng/mL, good specificity and long-term sensing stability (96.8% of the original signal after 15 days). The biosensor also presents acceptable reproducibility with 1.7% relative standard deviation. Moreover, this electrochemical biosensor owns the deformation stability that could bear various deformations (twisting, folding, and knotting) without affecting device's sensing performance. It can even maintain 99.4% of the original signal under 25% strain deformation. Due to the superior sensing performance, high stability (mechanical deformation and long-term storage), and flexibility, this free-standing electrochemical biosensor proves huge potential in application of flexible and wearable electronics.
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- Jingyao Song
- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science in Universities of Shandong, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China.
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Towaranonte B, Gao Y. Application of Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Cameras in Electrochemiluminescence: A Minireview. ANAL LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2021.1920971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- B. Towaranonte
- CAS Key Laboratory of Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Real-time monitoring of ROS secreted by Ana-1 mouse Macrophages by nanomaterial sensitized Electrochemiluminescence. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Fu L, Gao X, Dong S, Hsu HY, Zou G. Surface-Defect-Induced and Synergetic-Effect-Enhanced NIR-II Electrochemiluminescence of Au–Ag Bimetallic Nanoclusters and Its Spectral Sensing. Anal Chem 2021; 93:4909-4915. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c05187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Li Fu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Shanda South Road #27, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Shanda South Road #27, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Shanda South Road #27, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Energy and Environment & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue #83, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Hong Kong 999077, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Shanda South Road #27, Jinan 250100, China
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Huang Z, Li Z, Chen Y, Xu L, Xie Q, Deng H, Chen W, Peng H. Regulating Valence States of Gold Nanocluster as a New Strategy for the Ultrasensitive Electrochemiluminescence Detection of Kanamycin. Anal Chem 2021; 93:4635-4640. [PMID: 33661613 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Monitoring of kanamycin residue has attracted considerable attention owing to the potential harm caused by the abuse of kanamycin. However, the detection of kanamycin has been limited owing to its electrochemical and optical inertness. Herein, we report a facile and highly efficient electrochemiluminescence (ECL) strategy for the detection of kanamycin based on the valence state effect of gold nanocluster (AuNC) probes. It is proven that Au0 in chemically reduced AuNCs (CR-AuNCs) could be oxidized to AuI via the redox reaction between kanamycin and CR-AuNCs in the presence of H2O2, resulting in ECL quenching due to the valence state change of CR-AuNCs. Because the ECL of the AuNC probes is sensitively affected by the valence state, excellent sensitivity for kanamycin was achieved without any signal amplification operation and aptamers. A preferable linear-dependent curve was acquired in the detection range from 1.0 × 10-11 to 3.3 × 10-5 M with an extremely low detection limit of 1.5 × 10-12 M. The proposed kanamycin sensing platform is very simple and shows high selectivity and an extremely broad linear range detection of kanamycin. Furthermore, the proposed sensing platform can detect kanamycin in milk samples with excellent recoveries. Therefore, this sensing strategy provides an effective and facile way to detect kanamycin and can help promote the understanding of the constructed mechanism of the AuNC-based ECL system, thus greatly broadening its potential application in ECL fields.
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- Zhongnan Huang
- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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- Higher Educational Key Laboratory for Nano Biomedical Technology of Fujian Province, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China
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Yu L, Li M, Kang Q, Fu L, Zou G, Shen D. Bovine serum albumin-stabilized silver nanoclusters with anodic electrochemiluminescence peak at 904 nm in aqueous medium and applications in spectrum-resolved multiplexing immunoassay. Biosens Bioelectron 2021; 176:112934. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mo G, He X, Qin D, Jiang X, Zheng X, Deng B. A potential-resolved electrochemiluminescence resonance energy transfer strategy for the simultaneous detection of neuron-specific enolase and the cytokeratin 19 fragment. Analyst 2021; 146:1334-1339. [PMID: 33367307 DOI: 10.1039/d0an02106g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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An electrochemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (ECL-RET) immunosensor was developed based on the potential-resolved technology for the simultaneous detection of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and the cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA21-1). The absorption spectrum of gold nanorods (AuNRs) perfectly overlapped with the ECL spectra of SnS2@Pt and Ru(bpy)32+/Zn-MOF, so they exhibited an excellent ECL-RET effect with high efficiency. Zn-MOF possesses a large surface area, which allows for the loading of Ru(bpy)32+. This results in a signal probe of Ru(bpy)32+/Zn-MOF/Ab1 showing a strong ECL emission. Simultaneously, owing to the excellent electronic conductivity of PtNPs, they can increase the electron transfer rate between S2O82- and tin disulfide nanoflowers (SnS2NFs). Hence, the ECL signal of SnS2NFs can be enhanced. Under the optimal conditions, the linear range for NSE is 0.2 pg mL-1-20 ng mL-1 with a detection limit of 79 fg mL-1. The linear range for CYFRA21-1 is 1.25 pg mL-1-12.5 ng mL-1 with a detection limit of 0.43 pg mL-1. The proposed immunosensor can be used for the sensitive simultaneous detection of NSE and CYFRA21-1 in human serum and has promise for clinical diagnostics.
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- Guichun Mo
- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for the Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China.
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Nie Y, Tao X, Zhang H, Chai YQ, Yuan R. Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoclusters into a Metal–Organic Framework with Efficient Electrochemiluminescence and Their Application for Sensitive Detection of Rutin. Anal Chem 2021; 93:3445-3451. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Yamin Nie
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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Fu L, Fu K, Gao X, Dong S, Zhang B, Fu S, Hsu HY, Zou G. Enhanced Near-Infrared Electrochemiluminescence from Trinary Ag-In-S to Multinary Ag-Ga-In-S Nanocrystals via Doping-in-Growth and Its Immunosensing Applications. Anal Chem 2021; 93:2160-2165. [PMID: 33416308 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Screening toxic-element-free and biocompatible electrochemiluminophores was crucial for electrochemiluminescence (ECL) evolution. Herein, l-glutathione (GSH)-capped Ag-Ga-In-S (AGIS) nanocrystals (NCs) were prepared by doping Ag-In-S (AIS) NCs in a doping-in-growth way and utilized as a model for both ECL modulating and developing multinary NC-based electrochemiluminophores with enhanced ECL performance than trinary NCs. AGIS NCs not only primarily preserved the morphology, size, phase structure, and water monodisperse characteristics of AIS NCs with broadened band gap but also demonstrated obviously enhanced oxidative-reduction ECL than AIS NCs. Importantly, ECL of AGIS NCs was located at the near-infrared region with a maximum emission wavelength of 744 nm and could be utilized for an ECL immunoassay with human prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a model, which exhibited a linearity range from 0.05 pg/mL to 1.0 ng/mL and a low limit of detection of 0.01 pg/mL (S/N = 3). This work provided a promising alternative to the traditional binary NCs for developing toxic-element-free and biocompatible electrochemiluminophores with efficient near-infrared ECL.
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- Li Fu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- School of Energy and Environment & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Kowloon Tong 999077, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Kim J, Pyo K, Lee D, Lee WY. Near-infrared electrogenerated chemiluminescence of Au22(glutathione)18 nanoclusters in aqueous solution and its analytical application. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ge J, Chen X, Yang J, Wang Y. Progress in electrochemiluminescence of nanoclusters: how to improve the quantum yield of nanoclusters. Analyst 2021; 146:803-815. [DOI: 10.1039/d0an02110e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Classification of nanoclusters and methods to improve their quantum yield and applications.
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- Junjun Ge
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
- China
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