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Zhang Y, Wang X, Jia C, Dong Y. Sensitive detection of uric acid based on low-triggering-potential cathodic luminol electrochemiluminescence achieved by ReS 2 nanosheets. Anal Bioanal Chem 2024; 416:4887-4896. [PMID: 38953916 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-024-05414-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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The majority of previously reported cathodic electrochemiluminescence (ECL) systems often required very negative potential to be carried out, which has greatly limited their applications in the sensing field. Screening high-performance cathodic ECL systems with low triggering potential is a promising way to broaden their applications. In this work, rhenium disulfide nanosheets (ReS2 NS) have been revealed as an efficient co-promoter to realize low-triggering-potential cathodic luminol ECL. One strong cathodic ECL signal appeared at a potential of -0.3 V and one anodic ECL peak was obtained at -0.15 V under the reverse potential scan, which were caused by electrogenerated reactive oxygen species (ROS) from hydrogen peroxide. The generation of strong luminol ECL at low potential was the result of the electrocatalytic effect of ReS2 NS on the reduction of H2O2. The scavenging effect of uric acid (UA) on the ROS could significantly inhibit the cathodic ECL. As a result, an ECL sensor was proposed, which showed outstanding performance for the detection of UA in the range of 10 nM to 0.1 mM with a low detection limit of 1.53 nM. Moreover, the ECL sensor was successfully applied in the sensitive detection of UA in real samples. This work provides a new avenue to establish a low-potential cathodic ECL system, which will sufficiently expand the potential application of cathodic ECL in the sensing field.
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- Yahui Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, Anhui, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, Anhui, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, Anhui, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, 243002, Anhui, China.
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Cao Z, Li C, Shu Y, Zhu M, Su B, Qin H, Peng X. Unraveling Mechanisms of Highly Efficient Yet Stable Electrochemiluminescence from Quantum Dots. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:26425-26434. [PMID: 37976033 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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With CdSe/CdS/ZnS core/shell/shell quantum dots (QDs) as the model system, time- and potential-resolved spectroelectrochemical measurements are successfully applied for studying the general mechanisms and kinetics of electrochemiluminescence (ECL) generation. The rate constant of electron injection from the cathode into a QD to form a negatively charged QD (QD-) increases monotonically from -0.88 V to -1.2 V (vs Ag/AgCl). Mainly due to the deep LUMO of the QDs, the resulting QD- as the key intermediate for ECL generation is structurally stable and possesses very slow spontaneous deionization channels. The latter (the main non-ECL channels) are usually 3-4 orders of magnitude slower than the rate constant of the successive hole injection from an active co-reactant into a QD-. The kinetic studies quantify the internal ECL quantum yield of ideal QD ECL emitters to be nearly identical to that of photoluminescence, which is near unity for the current system. Identification of the key intermediate, discovery of the related elementary steps, and determination of all rate constants not only establish a general framework for understanding ECL generation but also offer basic design rules for ECL emitters.
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- Zhiyuan Cao
- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Excited-State Materials of Zhejiang Province and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Wu K, Zheng Y, Chen R, Zhou Z, Liu S, Shen Y, Zhang Y. Advances in electrochemiluminescence luminophores based on small organic molecules for biosensing. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 223:115031. [PMID: 36571992 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.115031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) has several advantages, such as a near-zero background signal, high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, simplicity, and is widely used for sensing, imaging, and single cell analysis. ECL luminophores are the key factors in the performance of various applications. Among various luminophores, small organic luminophores exhibit many intriguing features including good biocompatibility, facile modification, well-defined molecular structure, and sustainable raw materials, making small organic luminophores attractive for the use in the ECL field. Although many great achievements have been made in the synthesis of new small organic luminophores, solving various challenges, and expanding new applications, there are almost no comprehensive reviews on small organic ECL luminophores. In this review, we briefly introduce the advantages and emission mechanisms of small organic ECL luminophores, summarize the main types, molecular characteristics, and ECL properties of most existing small organic ECL luminophores, and present the important applications and design principles in sensors, imaging, single cell analysis, sterilization, and other fields. Finally, the challenges and outlook of organic ECL luminophores to be popularized in biosensing applications are also discussed.
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- Kaiqing Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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Shen Y, Gao X, Lu HJ, Nie C, Wang J. Electrochemiluminescence-based innovative sensors for monitoring the residual levels of heavy metal ions in environment-related matrices. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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O'Connor S, Dennany L, O'Reilly E. Evolution of nanomaterial Electrochemiluminescence luminophores towards biocompatible materials. Bioelectrochemistry 2023; 149:108286. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Hong S, Yang Z, Mou Q, Luan Y, Zhang B, Pei R, Lu Y. Monitoring leaching of Cd 2+ from cadmium-based quantum dots by an Cd aptamer fluorescence sensor. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 220:114880. [PMID: 36402100 PMCID: PMC10139768 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Quantum Dots (QDs) have been demonstrated with outstanding optical properties and thus been widely used in many biological and biomedical studies. However, previous studies have shown that QDs can cause cell toxicity, mainly attributable to the leached Cd2+. Therefore, identifying the leaching kinetics is very important to understand QD biosafety and cytotoxicity. Toward this goal, instrumental analyses such as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) have been used, which are time-consuming, costly and do not provide real-time or spatial information. To overcome these limitations, we report herein a fast and cost-effective fluorescence sensor based a Cd2+-specific aptamer for real-time monitoring the rapid leaching kinetics of QDs in vitro and in living cells. The sensor shows high specificity towards Cd2+ and is able to measure the Cd2+ leached either from water-dispersed CdTe QDs or two-layered CdSe/CdS QDs. The sensor is then used to study the stability of these two types of QDs under conditions to mimic cellular pH and temperature and the results from the sensor are similar to those obtained from ICP-MS. Finally, the sensor is able to monitor the leaching of Cd2+ from QDs in HeLa cells. The fluorescence aptamer sensor described in this study may find many applications as a tool for understanding biosafety of numerous other Cd-based QDs, including leaching kinetics and toxicity mechanisms in living systems.
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- Shanni Hong
- Department of Medical Imaging Technology, School of Medical Imaging, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350122, PR China; Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interfaces, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Nanocatalytic Medicine, The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200065, PR China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interfaces, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, PR China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
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Xiao P, Zhang Z, Ge J, Deng Y, Chen X, Zhang JR, Deng Z, Kambe Y, Talapin DV, Wang Y. Surface passivation of intensely luminescent all-inorganic nanocrystals and their direct optical patterning. Nat Commun 2023; 14:49. [PMID: 36599825 PMCID: PMC9813348 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35702-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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All-inorganic nanocrystals (NCs) are of great importance in a range of electronic devices. However, current all-inorganic NCs suffer from limitations in their optical properties, such as low fluorescence efficiencies. Here, we develop a general surface treatment strategy to obtain intensely luminescent all-inorganic NCs (ILANs) by using designed metal salts with noncoordinating anions that play a dual role in the surface treatment process: (i) removing the original organic ligands and (ii) binding to unpassivated Lewis basic sites to preserve the photoluminescent (PL) properties of the NCs. The absolute photoluminescence quantum yields (PLQYs) of red-emitting CdSe/ZnS NCs, green-emitting CdSe/CdZnSeS/ZnS NCs and blue-emitting CdZnS/ZnS NCs in polar solvents are 97%, 80% and 72%, respectively. Further study reveals that the passivated Lewis basic sites of ILANs by metal cations boost the efficiency of radiative recombination of electron-hole pairs. While the passivation of Lewis basic sites leads to a high PLQY of ILANs, the exposed Lewis acidic sites provide the possibility for in situ tuning of the functions of NCs, creating opportunities for direct optical patterning of functional NCs with high resolution.
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- Pengwei Xiao
- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- NanoPattern Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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- grid.170205.10000 0004 1936 7822Department of Chemistry and James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XState Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, 210023 Nanjing, China
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Mphuthi N, Sikhwivhilu L, Ray SS. Functionalization of 2D MoS 2 Nanosheets with Various Metal and Metal Oxide Nanostructures: Their Properties and Application in Electrochemical Sensors. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12060386. [PMID: 35735534 PMCID: PMC9220812 DOI: 10.3390/bios12060386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDs) have gained considerable attention due to their distinctive properties and broad range of possible applications. One of the most widely studied transition metal dichalcogenides is molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). The 2D MoS2 nanosheets have unique and complementary properties to those of graphene, rendering them ideal electrode materials that could potentially lead to significant benefits in many electrochemical applications. These properties include tunable bandgaps, large surface areas, relatively high electron mobilities, and good optical and catalytic characteristics. Although the use of 2D MoS2 nanosheets offers several advantages and excellent properties, surface functionalization of 2D MoS2 is a potential route for further enhancing their properties and adding extra functionalities to the surface of the fabricated sensor. The functionalization of the material with various metal and metal oxide nanostructures has a significant impact on its overall electrochemical performance, improving various sensing parameters, such as selectivity, sensitivity, and stability. In this review, different methods of preparing 2D-layered MoS2 nanomaterials, followed by different surface functionalization methods of these nanomaterials, are explored and discussed. Finally, the structure-properties relationship and electrochemical sensor applications over the last ten years are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the performance of 2D MoS2 with respect to the performance of electrochemical sensors, thereby giving new insights into this unique material and providing a foundation for researchers of different disciplines who are interested in advancing the development of MoS2-based sensors.
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- Ntsoaki Mphuthi
- DSI-Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Randburg 2125, South Africa;
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
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- DSI-Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Randburg 2125, South Africa;
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa
- Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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Mohammad Beigia S, Mesgari F, Hossein M, Dastan D, Xu G. Electrochemiluminescence Sensors based on Lanthanide Nanomaterials as
Modifiers. CURR ANAL CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.2174/1573411016999200816123009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Background: The rapid and increasing use of the nanomaterials in the development of
electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensors is a significant area of study for its massive potential in the
practical application of nanosensor fabrication. Recently, nanomaterials (NMs) have been widely applied
in vast majority of ECL studies to remarkably amplify signals owing to their excellent conductivity,
large surface area and sometimes catalytic activity. Lanthanides, as f-block-based elements,
possess remarkable chemical and physical properties. This review covers the use of lanthanide NMs,
focusing on their use in ECL for signal amplification in sensing applications.
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Methods: We present the recent advances in ECL nanomaterials including lanthanides NMs with a
particular emphasis on Ce, Sm, Eu and Yb. We introduce their properties along with applications in
different ECL sensors. A major focus is placed upon numerous research strategies for addressing the
signal amplification with lanthanide NMs in ECL.
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Results: Lanthanide NMs as the amplification element can provide an ideal ECL platform for enhancing
the signal of a sensor due to their chemical and physical properties. Function of lanthanide
NMs on signal amplification remarkably depend on their large surface area to load sufficient signal
molecules, high conductivity to promote electron-transfer reaction.
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Conclusion: ECL as a powerful analytical technique has been widely used in various aspects. As the
development of the nanotechnology and nanoscience, lanthanide nanomaterials have shown the remarkable
advantages in analytical applications due to their significant physical and chemical properties.
We predict that in the future, the demand for ECL sensors will be high due to their potential in a
diverse range of applications. Also, we expect the research in nanomaterial-based sensors will still
continue intensively and eventually become effectively routine analysis tools that could meet various
challenges.
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- Sepideh Mohammad Beigia
- Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tehran, Tehran,Iran
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- Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tehran, Tehran,Iran
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- Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran,Iran
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia-30332,United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, Jilin, 130022,China
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Yin L, Wang Y, Tan R, Li H, Tu Y. Determination of β-amyloid oligomer using electrochemiluminescent aptasensor with signal enhancement by AuNP/MOF nanocomposite. Mikrochim Acta 2021; 188:53. [PMID: 33496823 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-04710-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
In order to effectively and conveniently detect the β-amyloid oligomer (AβO) for earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a disposable aptamer biosensor has been developed with high performance, facile operation, and low cost. Using a nanocomposite by in situ reduction of chloroauric acid to decorate Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) on Fe-MIL-88NH2 material via Au-N bond to effectively enhance the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of luminol, the functioned basal electrode provides adequate background for sensing response. When the aptamer is linked via Au-S bond on the surface, the sensor gets the ability of specific recognition and coalescence toward the target (AβO). After incubating the sample on the aptasensor, its ECL signal is inhibited owing to the steric hindrance of the AβO macromolecules. The relative inhibition ratio linearly depends to the logarithm of AβO concentration in the range 0.1 pM to 10 pM, with an LOD of 71 fM. The aptasensor has high selectivity to AβO among its analogs. The recoveries in human serum were 98.9-105.4%. This research provides a new approach for sensitive detection of AβO in clinic laboratories for investigation and diagnosis of AD.
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- Lixiu Yin
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China.
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Kim JY, Cheon S, Kim DK, Nam S, Han J, Hwang CS, Piao Y, Lee JI. Solvent-assisted strongly enhanced light-emitting electrochemiluminescent devices for lighting applications. RSC Adv 2021; 11:4682-4687. [PMID: 35424409 PMCID: PMC8694504 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra10525b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Rubrene-based electrochemiluminescence (r-ECL) cells with two different solvent systems is prepared, one in a co-solvent system with a mixture of 1,2-dichlorobenzene and propylene carbonate (DCB : PC, v/v 3 : 1) and another in a single solvent system of tetrahydrofuran (THF), as the medium to form a liquid-electrolyte (L-El). By simply changing the solvent systems, from the co-solvent DCB : PC (v/v 3 : 1) to the single solvent THF, with the same amount of electrochemiluminescent rubrene (5 mM) and Li-based salt, a dramatically enhanced brightness of over 30 cd m−2 is observed for the r-ECL cell in L-ElTHF which is approximately 7-times higher than the brightness of 5 cd m−2 observed for the r-ECL in L-ElDCB:PC(v/v 3:1). Simple and easily preparable electrochemiluminescent device (ECLD) is a promising alternative to LED and/or OLED for lighting application.![]()
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- Joo Yeon Kim
- Reality Display Research Lab
- Reality Device Research Division
- Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
- 34129 Daejeon
- Korea
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- Reality Display Research Lab
- Reality Device Research Division
- Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
- 34129 Daejeon
- Korea
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- Program in Nano Science and Technology
- Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology
- Seoul National University
- 16229 Suwon-si
- Korea
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- Flexible Electronic Device Research Lab
- Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
- 34129 Daejeon
- Korea
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- ICT-Advanced Device Technology
- University of Science and Technology
- Daejeon 34113
- Republic of Korea
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- Reality Display Research Lab
- Reality Device Research Division
- Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
- 34129 Daejeon
- Korea
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- Program in Nano Science and Technology
- Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology
- Seoul National University
- 16229 Suwon-si
- Korea
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- Reality Device Research Division
- Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
- 34129 Daejeon
- Korea
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Li G, Zhang X, Zheng F, Liu J, Wu D. Emerging nanosensing technologies for the detection of β-agonists. Food Chem 2020; 332:127431. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cao Z, Shu Y, Qin H, Su B, Peng X. Quantum Dots with Highly Efficient, Stable, and Multicolor Electrochemiluminescence. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2020; 6:1129-1137. [PMID: 32724847 PMCID: PMC7379387 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Outstanding photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence properties of quantum dots (QDs) promise possibilities for them to meet challenging expectations of electrochemiluminescence (ECL), which at present relies on inefficient and spectral-irresolvable emitters based on transition-metal complexes (such as Ru(bpy)3 2+). However, ECL is reported to be extremely sensitive to the surface traps on the QDs likely because of the spatially and temporally separated electrochemical charge injections. Results here reveal that, by engineering the interior inorganic structure (CdSe/CdS/ZnS core/shell/shell structure) and inorganic-organic interface using new synthetic methods, the trap-insensitive QDs with near-unity PL quantum yield and monoexponential PL decay dynamics in water generated narrow band-edge ECL with efficiencies about six orders of magnitude higher than that of the standard Ru(bpy)3 2+. The band-edge and spectrally resolved ECL from CdSe/CdS/ZnS core/shell/shell QDs demonstrated a new readout scheme using electrochemical potential. Excellent ECL performance of QDs uncovered here offer opportunities to realize the full potential of ECL for biomedical detection and diagnosis.
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- Center for Chemistry of High-Performance
& Novel Materials, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Department
of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Center for Chemistry of High-Performance
& Novel Materials, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Department
of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Center for Chemistry of High-Performance
& Novel Materials, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Department
of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Zhu L, Ye J, Yan M, Zhu Q, Wang S, Huang J, Yang X. Electrochemiluminescence Immunosensor Based on Au Nanocluster and Hybridization Chain Reaction Signal Amplification for Ultrasensitive Detection of Cardiac Troponin I. ACS Sens 2019; 4:2778-2785. [PMID: 31571481 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b01369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Measurement of cardiac troponin I in the blood is crucial for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Herein, a novel and ultrasensitive electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunosensor has been developed for determination of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) by using Au nanoclusters and hybridization chain reaction (HCR) signal amplification. In this ECL immunosensor, Au nanoclusters were dual-labeled at each end of hairpin DNA (H1 and H2) and acted as the luminophore. DNA initiator strands (T1) and secondary antibody (Ab2) were conjugated on Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) to obtain a smart probe (Ab2-AuNP-T1). In the presence of target cTnI, the sandwiched immunocomplex composed of cTnI, Ab1, and Ab2-AuNP-T1 was formed. Then the initiator strands T1 of Ab2-AuNP-T1 opened the hairpin DNA structures and triggered a cascade of hybridization events. Consequently, a large number of Au NCs were indirectly modified on the surface of the electrode, which could react with the coreactant (K2S2O8) and emit a strong ECL signal. Under the optimal conditions, the immunosensor exhibited a wide detection range for cTnI from 5 fg/mL to 50 ng/mL and a low detection limit of 1.01 fg/mL (S/N = 3). Because of the excellent specificity, stability, and reproducibility of the proposed ECL-HCR sensor, it has a great application prospect for cTnI detection in clinical diagnosis.
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- Liping Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P. R. China
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Babamiri B, Bahari D, Salimi A. Highly sensitive bioaffinity electrochemiluminescence sensors: Recent advances and future directions. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 142:111530. [PMID: 31398687 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.111530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (also called electrochemiluminescence and abbreviated ECL) has attracted much attention in various fields of analysis due to the potential remarkably high sensitivity, extremely wide dynamic range and excellent controllability. Electrochemiluminescence biosensor, by taking the advantage of the selectivity of the biological recognition elements and the high sensitivity of ECL technique was applied as a powerful analytical device for ultrasensitive detection of biomolecule. In this review, we summarize the latest sensing applications of ECL bioanalysis in the field of bio affinity ECL sensors including aptasensors, immunoassays and DNA analysis, cytosensor, molecularly imprinted sensors, ECL resonance energy transfer and ratiometric biosensors and give future perspectives for new developments in ECL analytical technology. Furthermore, the results herein discussed would demonstrate that the use of nanomaterials with unique chemical and physical properties in the ECL biosensing systems is one of the most interesting research lines for the development of ultrasensitive electrochemiluminescence biosensors. In addition, ECL based sensing assays for clinical samples analysis and medical diagnostics and developing of immunosensors, aptasensors and cytosensor for this purpose is also highlighted.
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- Bahareh Babamiri
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kurdistan, 66177-15175, Sanandaj, Iran; Research Center for Nanotechnology, University of Kurdistan, 66177-15175, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kurdistan, 66177-15175, Sanandaj, Iran; Research Center for Nanotechnology, University of Kurdistan, 66177-15175, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kurdistan, 66177-15175, Sanandaj, Iran; Research Center for Nanotechnology, University of Kurdistan, 66177-15175, Sanandaj, Iran; Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B7, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Cui J, Li Z, Liu K, Li J, Shao M. A bifunctional nonenzymatic flexible glucose microsensor based on CoFe-Layered double hydroxide. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2019; 1:948-952. [PMID: 36133216 PMCID: PMC9419660 DOI: 10.1039/c8na00231b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A bifunctional flexible glucose microsensor has been successfully fabricated by directly growing a layered double hydroxide nanosheet array (LDH-NSA) on Ni wire. The as-obtained CoFe-LDH-NSA exhibits promising performances in electrochemical and colorimetric detection of glucose with high sensitivity and selectivity. This work demonstrates an effective strategy to fabricate multi-functional glucose nonenzyme sensors.
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- Junya Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China +86-10-64425385 +86-10-64412131
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China +86-10-64425385 +86-10-64412131
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China +86-10-64425385 +86-10-64412131
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- Petroleum Geology Research and Laboratory Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development (RIPED), PetroChina Beijing 100083 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China +86-10-64425385 +86-10-64412131
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Cao JT, Liu FR, Fu XL, Ma JX, Ren SW, Liu YM. A novel electrochemiluminescence resonance energy transfer system for simultaneous determination of two acute myocardial infarction markers using versatile gold nanorods as energy acceptors. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:2829-2832. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00563c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A spatial- and potential-resolved platform coupled with the ECL-RET strategy was developed for simultaneous dual-target detection.
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- Jun-Tao Cao
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains
- Xinyang Normal University
- Xinyang 464000
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains
- Xinyang Normal University
- Xinyang 464000
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains
- Xinyang Normal University
- Xinyang 464000
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains
- Xinyang Normal University
- Xinyang 464000
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Institute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources in Dabie Mountains
- Xinyang Normal University
- Xinyang 464000
- China
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Ding H, Tang Z, Zhang L, Dong Y. Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of black phosphorus nanosheets and its application in the detection of H2O2. Analyst 2019; 144:1326-1333. [DOI: 10.1039/c8an01838c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Black phosphorus nanosheets (BPNS) were synthesized from BP crystals through liquid exfoliation coupled with ultrasonic methods under aqueous conditions.
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- HouCheng Ding
- School of Civil Engineering and Architecture
- Hexian Development Institute of Chemical Industry
- Anhui University of Technology
- Maanshan
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University of Technology
- Maanshan
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University of Technology
- Maanshan
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Anhui University of Technology
- Maanshan
- China
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Valenti G, Rampazzo E, Kesarkar S, Genovese D, Fiorani A, Zanut A, Palomba F, Marcaccio M, Paolucci F, Prodi L. Electrogenerated chemiluminescence from metal complexes-based nanoparticles for highly sensitive sensors applications. Coord Chem Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2018.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Gao W, Muzyka K, Ma X, Lou B, Xu G. A single-electrode electrochemical system for multiplex electrochemiluminescence analysis based on a resistance induced potential difference. Chem Sci 2018; 9:3911-3916. [PMID: 29780522 PMCID: PMC5935220 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc00410b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A single-electrode electrochemical system uses only one electrode for multiplex experiments, and is a highly cheap platform for high throughput analysis.
Developing low-cost and simple electrochemical systems is becoming increasingly important but still challenged for multiplex experiments. Here we report a single-electrode electrochemical system (SEES) using only one electrode not only for a single experiment but also for multiplex experiments based on a resistance induced potential difference. SEESs for a single experiment and multiplex experiments are fabricated by attaching a self-adhesive label with a hole and multiple holes onto an ITO electrode, respectively. This enables multiplex electrochemiluminescence analysis with high sensitivity at a very low safe voltage using a smartphone as a detector. For the multiplex analysis, the SEES using a single electrode is much simpler, cheaper and more user-friendly than conventional electrochemical systems and bipolar electrochemical systems using electrode arrays. Moreover, SEESs are free from the electrochemiluminescent background problem from driving electrodes in bipolar electrochemical systems. Since numerous electrodes and cover materials can be used to fabricate SEESs readily and electrochemistry is being extensively used, SEESs are very promising for broad applications, such as drug screening and high throughput analysis.
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- Wenyue Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , Jilin 130022 , P. R. China . .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100039 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , Jilin 130022 , P. R. China . .,Laboratory of Analytical Optochemotronics , Department of Biomedical Engineering , Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics , Kharkiv 61166 , Ukraine
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , Jilin 130022 , P. R. China . .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing , 100039 , P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , Jilin 130022 , P. R. China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry , Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , Jilin 130022 , P. R. China .
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Liu Y, Zhao Y, Fan Q, Khan MS, Li X, Zhang Y, Ma H, Wei Q. Aptamer based electrochemiluminescent thrombin assay using carbon dots anchored onto silver-decorated polydopamine nanospheres. Mikrochim Acta 2018; 185:85. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-017-2616-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Srivastava S, Thomas JP, Heinig N, Abd-Ellah M, Rahman MA, Leung KT. Efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting on ultrasmall defect-rich TaO x nanoclusters enhanced by size-selected Pt nanocluster promoters. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:14395-14404. [PMID: 28819665 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr04378c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Formation of nanoclusters has attracted a lot of attention in recent years because of their distinct properties from isolated atoms and bulk solids. Here, we focus on the catalytic properties of supported transition metal oxide nanoclusters, such as TaO2, with a well-defined size distribution below 10 nm. We show that their catalytic performance can be greatly enhanced by introducing a reaction promoter such as Pt. Different combinations of precisely size-selected, defect-rich TaOx and Pt nanoclusters are produced by a gas-phase aggregation technique in a special DC magnetron sputtering system. Argon flow rate and aggregation length are carefully optimized to control the sizes of these ultrasmall TaOx and Pt nanoclusters by using a quadrupole mass filter, and TEM studies reveal the different crystalline nature of TaOx (amorphous) and Pt (crystalline) nanoclusters. We have further demonstrated the size-dependent photoanode activity of (TaOx, Pt) nanocluster systems in a photoelectrochemical water splitting reaction, where the Pt nanocluster promoters are found to provide a significant enhancement in the photocurrent density, approximately tripled that was observed from just TaOx nanocluster catalysts alone. The photocurrent density and photoconversion efficiency tend to reduce when Pt nanoclusters become overpopulated due to blocking of the photosensitive TaOx surface. Reducing the Pt nanocluster size resolves this problem by incorporating a greater number of smaller nanocluster promoters without blocking TaOx, which leads to further enhancement in the photocurrent density. The enhanced photocatalytic activity is attributed to synergetic effects introduced by the Pt nanoclusters that act as temporary charge storage sites to facilitate effective separation of a large number of electron-hole pairs, generated from a large number of active sites on the defect-rich amorphous TaOx nanoclusters upon illumination.
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- Saurabh Srivastava
- WATLab and Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada.
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Song H, Zhang L, Su Y, Lv Y. Recent Advances in Graphitic Carbon Nitride-Based Chemiluminescence, Cataluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence. JOURNAL OF ANALYSIS AND TESTING 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s41664-017-0024-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Juzgado A, Soldà A, Ostric A, Criado A, Valenti G, Rapino S, Conti G, Fracasso G, Paolucci F, Prato M. Highly sensitive electrochemiluminescence detection of a prostate cancer biomarker. J Mater Chem B 2017; 5:6681-6687. [PMID: 32264431 DOI: 10.1039/c7tb01557g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), a glycoprotein expressed in the prostatic epithelium endowed with enzymatic activity, is a very promising diagnostic marker for the early detection of prostate cancer. In this study, we report a novel electrochemiluminescence ELISA-like immunosensor based on carbon nanotubes and a highly specific sandwich immunoassay for the PSMA detection. To fabricate the device, an optically transparent electrode was modified with doubly functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes carrying amine groups and a monoclonal anti-PSMA antibody. Subsequently, to complete the sandwich immunosensing device, a second specific monoclonal anti-PSMA antibody was labelled with a electrochemiluminescent probe. Under optimized experimental conditions, the proposed sensing device exhibits a performance exceeding that of the state of-the-art in terms of the limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) as good as 0.88 ng mL-1 and 2.60 ng mL-1, respectively, in real complex samples such as cell lysates. In addition, the unique role of carbon nanotubes is also discussed by comparison with an analogue sensor assembled without the nanocarbon-based material.
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- A Juzgado
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Piazzale Europa, 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
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Dong Y, Peng Y, Wang J, Wang C. Determination of cytochrome c based on its enhancing effect on the electrogenerated chemiluminescence of carbon quantum dots. Mikrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-017-2217-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhai Q, Li J, Wang E. Recent Advances Based on Nanomaterials as Electrochemiluminescence Probes for the Fabrication of Sensors. ChemElectroChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201600898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Qingfeng Zhai
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun, Jilin 130022 P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100039 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun, Jilin 130022 P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100039 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Changchun, Jilin 130022 P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100039 China
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Gu J, Gao Y, Wu J, Li Q, Li A, Zhang W, Dong H, Wen B, Gao F, Zhao YS. Polymorph-Dependent Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Low-Dimensional Organic Semiconductor Structures for Sensing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:8891-8899. [PMID: 28221023 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b16118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A sensitive electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) sensor with an organic semiconductor as active material for detecting trace amounts of molecules has been highly desired. However, the crystal structure responses of the ECL properties of the organic semiconductor materials, that is, structure-property relationship, is not clear, which limits the development of the sensitive ECL sensors. Herein, for the first time, we reported a novel concept for molecular-stacking-arrangement-dependent electrogenerated chemiluminescence properties of organic semiconductor rubrene microstructures. The rubrene 1D microwires and 2D hexagonal plates with different polymorphs (triclinic and monoclinic) were controllably constructed with the reprecipitation method. The supersaturation of the rubrene molecules plays an important role in the thermodynamically and kinetically dominated process of growth, which affects not only the polymorphs but also the morphology of the obtained microstructures. These microstructures show good optoelectronic properties, which are used as active ECL materials for the construction of ECL sensors. The ECL sensors exhibited distinct electrogenerated chemiluminescence properties, probably related to different inherent crystal-structure-dependent triplet-triplet annihilation rate and charge-transfer rate. The sensors manifested electrogenerated chemiluminescence responses in broad linear range for the monitoring of creatinine molecules.
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- Jianmin Gu
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University , Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University , Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University , Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology , Shijiazhuang 050018, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University , Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology (MMST), Yanshan University , Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University , Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, China
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Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of Si quantum dots in neutral aqueous solution and its biosensing application. Biosens Bioelectron 2017; 89:1053-1058. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Revised: 10/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Zhang X, Lu J, Li X, Chai L, Jiao Y. Facile heat reflux synthesis of blue luminescent carbon dots as optical nanoprobes for cellular imaging. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6nj02702d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Carbon dots with good temperature-sensitive photoluminescence are facilely synthesized and their luminescence properties and cellular imaging applications are investigated.
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- Xianfeng Zhang
- School of Material and Chemical Engineering
- Bengbu University
- Bengbu 233030
- P. R. China
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Research Center for Polysaccharide Drugs
- Department of Pharmacy
- Wannan Medical College
- Wuhu 241000
- P. R. China
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- School of Material and Chemical Engineering
- Bengbu University
- Bengbu 233030
- P. R. China
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- School of Material and Chemical Engineering
- Bengbu University
- Bengbu 233030
- P. R. China
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- School of Material and Chemical Engineering
- Bengbu University
- Bengbu 233030
- P. R. China
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Kapturkiewicz A. Cyclometalated iridium(III) chelates-a new exceptional class of the electrochemiluminescent luminophores. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:7013-33. [PMID: 27255104 PMCID: PMC5025512 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9615-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Recent development of the phosphorescent cyclometalated iridium(III) chelates has enabled, due to their advantageous electrochemical and photo-physical properties, important breakthroughs in many photonic applications. This particular class of 5d(6) ion complexes has attracted increasing interest because of their potential application in electroluminescence devices with a nearly 100 % internal quantum efficiency for the conversion of electric energy to photons. Similar to electroluminescence, the cyclometalated iridium(III) chelates have been successfully applied in the electricity-to-light conversion by means of the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) processes. The already reported ECL systems utilizing the title compounds exhibit extremely large ECL efficiencies that allow one to envisage many potential application for them, especially in further development of ECL-based analytical techniques. This review, based on recently published papers, focuses on the ECL properties of this very exciting class of organometallic luminophores. The reported work, describing results from fundamental as well as application-oriented investigations, will be surveyed and briefly discussed. Graphical abstract Depending on the chemical nature of the cyclometalated irdium(III) chelate different colours of the emitted light can be produced during electrochemical excitation.
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- Andrzej Kapturkiewicz
- Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, 3 Maja 54, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland.
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Madrid E, He D, Yang J, Hogan CF, Stringer B, Msayib KJ, McKeown NB, Raithby PR, Marken F. Reagentless Electrochemiluminescence from a Nanoparticulate Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM-1) Immobilized onto Tin-Doped Indium Oxide. ChemElectroChem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201600419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Elena Madrid
- Department of Chemistry; University of Bath, Claverton Down; Bath BA2 7AY UK
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Bath, Claverton Down; Bath BA2 7AY UK
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- School of Advanced Materials; Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School; Shenzhen 518055 China
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- La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry and Physics; La Trobe University; Melbourne VIC 3086 Australia
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- La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry and Physics; La Trobe University; Melbourne VIC 3086 Australia
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- School of Chemistry; University of Edinburgh; Joseph Black Building, West Mains Road Edinburgh Scotland EH9 3JJ UK
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- School of Chemistry; University of Edinburgh; Joseph Black Building, West Mains Road Edinburgh Scotland EH9 3JJ UK
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Bath, Claverton Down; Bath BA2 7AY UK
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- Department of Chemistry; University of Bath, Claverton Down; Bath BA2 7AY UK
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Moghimi N, Rahsepar F, Leung K. Supported binary hybrid nanomaterials and their applications. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zhou H, Liu J, Zhang S. Quantum dot-based photoelectric conversion for biosensing applications. Trends Analyt Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Zhang L, Song H, Su Y, Lv Y. Advances in nanomaterial-assisted cataluminescence and its sensing applications. Trends Analyt Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The great success of electrochemiluminescence (ECL) for in vitro diagnosis (IVD) and its promising potential in light-emitting devices greatly promote recent ECL studies. More than 45% of ECL articles were published after 2010, and the first international meeting on ECL was held in Italy in 2014. This critical review discusses recent vibrant developments in ECL, and highlights novel ECL phenomena, such as wireless ECL devices, bipolar electrode-based ECL, light-emitting electrochemical swimmers, upconversion ECL, ECL resonance energy transfer, thermoresponsive ECL, ECL using shape-controlled nanocrystals, and ECL as an ion-selective electrode photonic reporter, a paper-based microchip, and a self-powered microfluidic ECL platform. We also comment on the latest progress in bioassays, light-emitting devices and, the computational approach for the ECL mechanism study. Finally, perspectives and key challenges in the near future are addressed (198 references).
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- Zhongyuan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, People's Republic of China.
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Noman M, Sanginario A, Jagadale P, Tagliaferro A, Demarchi D. Activated carbonized pistachio nut shells for electrochemiluminescence detection. J APPL ELECTROCHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10800-015-0813-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Han X, Huang C, Chen X, Lu Y, Yang W. Anodic electrogenerated chemiluminescence of self-assembled peptide nanotubes in an aqueous system. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:14720-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc05229g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Anodic ECL of a self-assembled peptide nanotube modified electrode in an aqueous system was firstly observed using tri-n-propylamine (TPrA) as a coreactant.
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- Xue Han
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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Song Y, Hu D, Liu F, Chen S, Wang L. Fabrication of fluorescent SiO2@zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 nanosensor for Cu2+ detection. Analyst 2015; 140:623-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c4an01773k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The formation of core–shell SiO2@ZIF-8 nanostructures for Cu2+ detection is reported here.
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- Yonghai Song
- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangxi Normal University
- Nanchang 330022
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangxi Normal University
- Nanchang 330022
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangxi Normal University
- Nanchang 330022
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangxi Normal University
- Nanchang 330022
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Small Organic Molecule
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangxi Normal University
- Nanchang 330022
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Jiang D, Du X, Liu Q, Hao N, Qian J, Dai L, Mao H, Wang K. Anchoring AgBr nanoparticles on nitrogen-doped graphene for enhancement of electrochemiluminescence and radical stability. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:4451-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc09926e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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AgBr nanoparticles anchored nitrogen-doped graphene nanocomposites were designed to obtain enhanced electrochemiluminescence intensity and better stability.
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- Ding Jiang
- School of Food and Biological Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Jiangsu University
- Zhenjiang
- P. R. China
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Huang C, Chen X, Lu Y, Yang H, Yang W. Electrogenerated chemiluminescence behavior of peptide nanovesicle and its application in sensing dopamine. Biosens Bioelectron 2015; 63:478-482. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.07.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lu Q, Zhang J, Wu Y, Chen S. Conjugated polymer dots/oxalate anodic electrochemiluminescence system and its application for detecting melamine. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra10809h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The anodic electrochemiluminescence behavior of an ammonolysis product of PFO in aqueous solution.
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- Qiyi Lu
- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies of Clean Electrical Power Sources
- Institute for Clean Energy & Advanced Materials
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
- P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescent and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry
- Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
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Sun S, Sun W, Mu D, Jiang N, Peng X. Ratiometric ECL of heterodinuclear Os–Ru dual-emission labels. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:2529-31. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc08394f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The first ratiometric ECL of heterodinuclear Os–Ru dual-emission labels.
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- Shiguo Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- P. R. China
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Liu L, Ma Q, Li Y, Liu Z, Su X. A novel signal-off electrochemiluminescence biosensor for the determination of glucose based on double nanoparticles. Biosens Bioelectron 2015; 63:519-524. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.07.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2014] [Revised: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Srivastava S, Thomas JP, Rahman MA, Abd-Ellah M, Mohapatra M, Pradhan D, Heinig NF, Leung KT. Size-selected TiO₂ nanocluster catalysts for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. ACS NANO 2014; 8:11891-11898. [PMID: 25365773 DOI: 10.1021/nn505705a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Nanoclusters (NCs) are of great interest because they provide the link between the distinct behavior of atoms and nanoparticles and that of bulk materials. Here, we report precisely controlled deposition of size-selected TiO2 NCs produced by gas-phase aggregation in a special magnetron sputtering system. Carefully optimized aggregation length and Ar gas flow are used to control the size distribution, while a quadrupole mass filter provides precise in situ size selection (from 2 to 15 nm). Transmission electron microscopy studies reveal that NCs larger than a critical size (∼8 nm) have a crystalline core with an amorphous shell, while those smaller than the critical size are all amorphous. The TiO2 NCs so produced exhibit remarkable photoelectrochemical water splitting performance in spite of a small amount of material loading. NCs of three different sizes (4, 6, and 8 nm) deposited on H-terminated Si(100) substrates are tested for the photoelectrochemical catalytic performance, and significant enhancement in photocurrent density (0.8 mA/cm(2)) with decreasing NC size is observed with a low saturation voltage of -0.22 V vs Ag/AgCl (0.78 V vs RHE). The enhanced photoconductivity could be attributed to the increase in the specific surface area and increase in the number of active (defect) sites in the amorphous NCs. The unique advantages of the present technique will be further exploited to develop applications based on tunable, size-selected NCs.
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- Saurabh Srivastava
- WATLab and Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo , Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada
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Wu P, Hou X, Xu JJ, Chen HY. Electrochemically Generated versus Photoexcited Luminescence from Semiconductor Nanomaterials: Bridging the Valley between Two Worlds. Chem Rev 2014; 114:11027-59. [DOI: 10.1021/cr400710z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Peng Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P.R. China
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Zhang S, Ding Y, Wei H. Ruthenium polypyridine complexes combined with oligonucleotides for bioanalysis: a review. Molecules 2014; 19:11933-87. [PMID: 25116805 PMCID: PMC6271144 DOI: 10.3390/molecules190811933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Revised: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Ruthenium complexes are among the most interesting coordination complexes and they have attracted great attention over the past decades due to their appealing biological, catalytic, electronic and optical properties. Ruthenium complexes have found a unique niche in bioanalysis, as demonstrated by the substantial progress made in the field. In this review, the applications of ruthenium complexes coordinated with polypyridine ligands (and analogues) in bioanalysis are discussed. Three main detection methods based on electrochemistry, electrochemiluminescence, and photoluminscence are covered. The important targets, including DNA and other biologically important targets, are detected by specific biorecognition with the corresponding oligonucleotides as the biorecognition elements (i.e., DNA is probed by its complementary strand and other targets are detected by functional nucleic acids, respectively). Selected examples are provided and thoroughly discussed to highlight the substantial progress made so far. Finally, a brief summary with perspectives is included.
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- Shuyu Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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Tan J, Xu L, Li T, Su B, Wu J. Image-Contrast Technology Based on the Electrochemiluminescence of Porous Silicon and Its Application in Fingerprint Visualization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:9822-6. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Tan J, Xu L, Li T, Su B, Wu J. Image-Contrast Technology Based on the Electrochemiluminescence of Porous Silicon and Its Application in Fingerprint Visualization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201404948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Guo Z, Du S, Chen B, Sha Y, Qiu B, Jiang X, Wang S, Li X. A sandwich-type label-free electrochemiluminescence immunosensor for neurotensin based on sombrero model with graphene-hyaluronate-luminol composite. Electrochim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Signal-on electrochemiluminescence of biofunctional CdTe quantum dots for biosensing of organophosphate pesticides. Biosens Bioelectron 2014; 53:363-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2013] [Revised: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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