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Kowalczyk A, Zarychta J, Lejman M, Zawitkowska J. Electrochemical and Optical Sensors for the Detection of Chemical Carcinogens Causing Leukemia. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:3369. [PMID: 37050429 PMCID: PMC10098728 DOI: 10.3390/s23073369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The incidence and mortality due to neoplastic diseases have shown an increasing tendency over the years. Based on GLOBOCAN 2020 published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), leukemias are the thirteenth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world, with 78.6% of leukemia cases diagnosed in countries with a very high or high Human Development Index (HDI). Carcinogenesis is a complex process initiated by a mutation in DNA that may be caused by chemical carcinogens present in polluted environments and human diet. The IARC has identified 122 human carcinogens, e.g., benzene, formaldehyde, pentachlorophenol, and 93 probable human carcinogens, e.g., styrene, diazinone. The aim of the following review is to present the chemical carcinogens involved or likely to be involved in the pathogenesis of leukemia and to summarize the latest reports on the possibility of detecting these compounds in the environment or food with the use of electrochemical sensors.
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- Adrian Kowalczyk
- Student Scientific Society of Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Transplantology, Medical University, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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- Student Scientific Society of Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Transplantology, Medical University, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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- Independent Laboratory of Genetic Diagnostics, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Transplantology, Medical University, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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Graphene quantum dots: synthesis, properties, and applications to the development of optical and electrochemical sensors for chemical sensing. Mikrochim Acta 2022; 189:258. [PMID: 35701638 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-022-05353-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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GQDs exhibits exceptional electrochemical activity owing to their active edge sites that make them very attractive for biosensing applications. However, their use in the design of new biosensing devices for application to the detection and quantification of toxins, pathogens, and clinical biomarkers has so far not investigated in detail. In this regard, herein we provide a detailed review on various methodologies employed for the synthesis of GQDs, including bottom-up and top-down approaches, with a special focus on their applications in biosensing via fluorescence, photoluminescence, chemiluminescence, electrochemiluminescence, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, and electrochemical techniques. We believe that this review will shed light on the critical issues and widen the applications of GQDs for the design of biosensors with improved analytical response for future applications. HIGHLIGHTS: • Properties of GQDs play a critical role in biosensing applications. • Synthesis of GQDs using top-down and bottom-up approaches is discussed comprehensively. • Overview of advancements in GQD-based sensors over the last decade. • Methods for the design of selective and sensitive GQD-based sensors. • Challenges and opportunities for future GQD-based sensors.
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Rahman MM, Lee DJ, Jo A, Yun SH, Eun JB, Im MH, Shim JH, Abd El-Aty AM. Onsite/on-field analysis of pesticide and veterinary drug residues by a state-of-art technology: A review. J Sep Sci 2021; 44:2310-2327. [PMID: 33773036 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.202001105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pesticides and veterinary drugs are generally employed to control pests and insects in crop and livestock farming. However, remaining residues are considered potentially hazardous to human health and the environment. Therefore, regular monitoring is required for assessing and legislation of pesticides and veterinary drugs. Various approaches to determining residues in various agricultural and animal food products have been reported. Most analytical methods involve sample extraction, purification (cleanup), and detection. Traditional sample preparation is time-consuming labor-intensive, expensive, and requires a large amount of toxic organic solvent, along with high probability for the decomposition of a compound before the analysis. Thus, modern sample preparation techniques, such as the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method, have been widely accepted in the scientific community for its versatile application; however, it still requires a laboratory setup for the extraction and purification processes, which also involves the utilization of a toxic solvent. Therefore, it is crucial to elucidate recent technologies that are simple, portable, green, quick, and cost-effective for onsite and infield residue detections. Several technologies, such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, quantum dots, biosensing, and miniaturized gas chromatography, are now available. Further, several onsite techniques, such as ion mobility-mass spectrometry, are now being upgraded; some of them, although unable to analyze field sample directly, can analyze a large number of compounds within very short time (such as time-of-flight and Orbitrap mass spectrometry). Thus, to stay updated with scientific advances and analyze organic contaminants effectively and safely, it is necessary to study all of the state-of-art technology.
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- Md Musfiqur Rahman
- Natural Products Chemistry Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Chemistry Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Chemistry Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Chemistry Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Technology and BK 21 plus Program, Graduate School of Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Engineering, Daegu University, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Chemistry Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.,Department of Medical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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Mansuriya BD, Altintas Z. Applications of Graphene Quantum Dots in Biomedical Sensors. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E1072. [PMID: 32079119 PMCID: PMC7070974 DOI: 10.3390/s20041072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Due to the proliferative cancer rates, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative disorders, autoimmune diseases and a plethora of infections across the globe, it is essential to introduce strategies that can rapidly and specifically detect the ultralow concentrations of relevant biomarkers, pathogens, toxins and pharmaceuticals in biological matrices. Considering these pathophysiologies, various research works have become necessary to fabricate biosensors for their early diagnosis and treatment, using nanomaterials like quantum dots (QDs). These nanomaterials effectively ameliorate the sensor performance with respect to their reproducibility, selectivity as well as sensitivity. In particular, graphene quantum dots (GQDs), which are ideally graphene fragments of nanometer size, constitute discrete features such as acting as attractive fluorophores and excellent electro-catalysts owing to their photo-stability, water-solubility, biocompatibility, non-toxicity and lucrativeness that make them favorable candidates for a wide range of novel biomedical applications. Herein, we reviewed about 300 biomedical studies reported over the last five years which entail the state of art as well as some pioneering ideas with respect to the prominent role of GQDs, especially in the development of optical, electrochemical and photoelectrochemical biosensors. Additionally, we outline the ideal properties of GQDs, their eclectic methods of synthesis, and the general principle behind several biosensing techniques.
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- Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany;
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S. A. N, P. B. C. F. Development of a turn-on graphene quantum dot-based fluorescent probe for sensing of pyrene in water. RSC Adv 2020; 10:12119-12128. [PMID: 35497633 PMCID: PMC9050712 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra10153e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are potentially harmful pollutants that are emitted into the environment from a range of sources largely due to incomplete combustion. The potential toxicity and carcinogenic effects of these compounds warrants the development of rapid and cost-effective methods for their detection. This work reports on the synthesis and use of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) as rapid fluorescence sensors for detecting PAHs in water. The GQDs were prepared from two sources, i.e. graphene oxide (GO) and citric acid (CA) – denoted GO-GQDs and CA-GQDs, respectively. Structural and optical properties of the GQDs were studied using TEM, Raman, and fluorescence and UV-vis spectroscopy. The GQDs were then applied for detection of pyrene in environmental water samples based on a “turn-off-on” mechanism where ferric ions were used for turn-off and pyrene for turn-on of fluorescence emission. The fluorescence intensity of both GQDs was switched on linearly within the 2–10 × 10−6 mol L−1 range and the limits of detection were found to be 0.325 × 10−6 mol L−1 and 0.242 × 10−6 mol L−1 for GO-GQDs and CA-GQDs, respectively. Finally, the potential application of the sensor for environmental water samples was investigated using lake water and satisfactory recoveries (97–107%) were obtained. The promising results from this work demonstrate the feasibility of pursuing cheaper and greener environmental monitoring techniques. Graphene quantum dots provide a more environmentally friendly fluorescence sensor for pyrene.![]()
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- Nsibande S. A.
- Chemistry Department
- Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
- University of Pretoria
- South Africa
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- Chemistry Department
- Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
- University of Pretoria
- South Africa
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Yang S, Chu M, Du J, Li Y, Gai T, Tan X, Xia B, Wang S. Graphene quantum dot electrochemiluminescence increase by bio-generated H 2O 2 and its application in direct biosensing. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2020; 7:191404. [PMID: 32218958 PMCID: PMC7029901 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In this study, a novel signal-increase electrochemiluminescence (ECL) biosensor has been developed for the detection of glucose based on graphene quantum dot/glucose oxidase (GQD/GOx) on Ti foil. The proposed GQD with excellent ECL ability is synthesized through a green one-step strategy by the electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide quantum dot. Upon the addition of glucose, GOx can catalytically oxidize glucose and the direct electron transfer between the redox centre of GOx and the modified electrode also has been realized, which results in the bio-generated H2O2 for ECL signal increase in GQD and realizes the direct ECL detection of glucose. The signal-increase ECL biosensor enables glucose detection with high sensitivity reaching 5 × 10-6 mol l-1 in a wide linear range from 5 × 10-6 to 1.5 × 10-3 mol l-1. Additionally, the fabrication process of such GQD-based ECL biosensor is also suitable to other biologically produced H2O2 system, suggesting the possible applications in the sensitive detection of other biologically important targets (e.g. small molecules, protein, DNA and so on).
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- Authors for correspondence: Binyuan Xia e-mail:
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- Authors for correspondence: Shaofei Wang e-mail:
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AbstractConventional inorganic semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have numerous applications ranging from energy harvesting to optoelectronic and bio-sensing devices primarily due to their unique size and shape tunable band-gap and also surface functionalization capability and consequently, have received significant interest in the last few decades. However, the high market cost of these QDs, on the order of thousands of USD/g and toxicity limit their practical utility in many industrial applications. In this context, graphene quantum dot (GQD), a nanocarbon material and a new entrant in the quantum-confined semiconductors could be a promising alternative to the conventional toxic QDs due to its potential tunability in optical and electronic properties and film processing capability for realizing many of the applications. Variation in optical as well as electronic properties as a function of size, shape, doping and functionalization would be discussed with relevant theoretical backgrounds along with available experimental results and limitations. The review deals with various methods available so far towards the synthesis of GQDs along with special emphasis on characterization techniques starting from spectroscopic, optical and microscopic techniques along with their the working principles, and advantages and limitations. Finally, we will comment on the environmental impact and toxicity limitations of these GQDs and their hybrid nanomaterials to facilitate their future prospects.Graphical Abstract:Structure of doped, functionalized and hybrid GQDs
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- Sumana Kundu
- ECPS, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India
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- ECPS, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Chemistry, Transit campus:Sree Rama Eng. CollegeTirupati, India
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Zuo F, Zhang C, Zhang H, Tan X, Chen S, Yuan R. A solid-state electrochemiluminescence biosensor for Con A detection based on CeO2@Ag nanoparticles modified graphene quantum dots as signal probe. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.10.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Zhou JW, Zou XM, Song SH, Chen GH. Quantum Dots Applied to Methodology on Detection of Pesticide and Veterinary Drug Residues. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:1307-1319. [PMID: 29378133 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b05119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The pesticide and veterinary drug residues brought by large-scale agricultural production have become one of the issues in the fields of food safety and environmental ecological security. It is necessary to develop the rapid, sensitive, qualitative and quantitative methodology for the detection of pesticide and veterinary drug residues. As one of the achievements of nanoscience, quantum dots (QDs) have been widely used in the detection of pesticide and veterinary drug residues. In these methodology studies, the used QD-signal styles include fluorescence, chemiluminescence, electrochemical luminescence, photoelectrochemistry, etc. QDs can also be assembled into sensors with different materials, such as QD-enzyme, QD-antibody, QD-aptamer, and QD-molecularly imprinted polymer sensors, etc. Plenty of study achievements in the field of detection of pesticide and veterinary drug residues have been obtained from the different combinations among these signals and sensors. They are summarized in this paper to provide a reference for the QD application in the detection of pesticide and veterinary drug residues.
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- Jia-Wei Zhou
- College of Food and Bioengineering, Jiangsu University , Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Jiangsu University , Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Jiangsu University , Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Jiangsu University , Zhenjiang 212013, China
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Xu Y, Wang X, Zhang WL, Lv F, Guo S. Recent progress in two-dimensional inorganic quantum dots. Chem Soc Rev 2018; 47:586-625. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cs00500h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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This review critically summarizes recent progress in the categories, synthetic routes, properties, functionalization and applications of 2D materials-based quantum dots (QDs).
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- Yuanhong Xu
- College of Life Sciences
- Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textiles
- the Growing Base for State Key Laboratory
- Qingdao University
- Qingdao 266071
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- College of Life Sciences
- Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textiles
- the Growing Base for State Key Laboratory
- Qingdao University
- Qingdao 266071
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- College of Life Sciences
- Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textiles
- the Growing Base for State Key Laboratory
- Qingdao University
- Qingdao 266071
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- College of Engineering
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
- China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- College of Engineering
- Peking University
- Beijing 100871
- China
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Nsibande S, Forbes P. Fluorescence detection of pesticides using quantum dot materials – A review. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 945:9-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ultrasensitive determination of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by exploiting the strongly enhanced electrochemiluminescence of an assembly between CdSe and graphene quantum dots and its quenching by TNT. Mikrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-016-1993-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Qi BP, Bao L, Zhang ZL, Pang DW. Electrochemical Methods to Study Photoluminescent Carbon Nanodots: Preparation, Photoluminescence Mechanism and Sensing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:28372-28382. [PMID: 26906145 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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With unique and tunable photoluminescence (PL) properties, carbon nanodots (CNDs) as a new class of optical tags have been extensively studied. Because of their merits of controllability and sensitivity to the surface of nanomaterials, electrochemical methods have already been adopted to study the intrinsic electronic structures of CNDs. In this review, we mainly deal with the electrochemical researches of CNDs, including preparation, PL mechanism, and biosensing.
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- Bao-Ping Qi
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies, and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies, and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies, and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, The Institute for Advanced Studies, and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University , Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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Recent development of electrochemiluminescence sensors for food analysis. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:7035-48. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9548-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Revised: 04/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Yan Y, Liu Q, Dong X, Hao N, Chen S, You T, Mao H, Wang K. Copper(I) oxide nanospheres decorated with graphene quantum dots display improved electrocatalytic activity for enhanced luminol electrochemiluminescence. Mikrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-016-1784-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Du X, Jiang D, Liu Q, Zhu G, Mao H, Wang K. Fabrication of graphene oxide decorated with nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots and its enhanced electrochemiluminescence for ultrasensitive detection of pentachlorophenol. Analyst 2015; 140:1253-9. [PMID: 25554750 DOI: 10.1039/c4an01752h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (NGQDs), as a new class of quantum dots, have potential applications in fuel cells and optoelectronics fields due to their electrocatalytic activity, tunable luminescence and biocompatibility. Herein, a facile hydrothermal approach for cutting nitrogen-doped graphene into NGQDs has been proposed for the first time. The resulting NGQDs were homogeneously modified onto the surface of graphene oxide (GO) to form NGQDs-GO nanocomposites. Compared with NGQDs, the as-prepared NGQDs-GO nanocomposites exhibited excellent electrochemiluminescence (ECL) performances including 3.8-fold enhancement of ECL intensity and a decrease by 200 mV of the ECL onset potential, which are ascribed to the introduction of GO. Based on the selective inhibitory effect of pentachlorophenol (PCP) on the ECL intensity of the NGQDs-GO system, a novel ECL sensor for PCP concentration determination was constructed, with a wide linear response ranging from 0.1 to 10 pg mL(-1) and a detection limit of 0.03 pg mL(-1). The practicability of the sensing platform in real water samples showed satisfactory results, which could open the possibility of using NGQDs-based nanocomposites in the electroanalytical field.
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- Xiaojiao Du
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, P.R. China.
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Jiang D, Du X, Liu Q, Zhou L, Qian J, Wang K. One-step thermal-treatment route to fabricate well-dispersed ZnO nanocrystals on nitrogen-doped graphene for enhanced electrochemiluminescence and ultrasensitive detection of pentachlorophenol. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:3093-3100. [PMID: 25607804 DOI: 10.1021/am507163z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Heteroatom doping enables graphene with novel properties and thus may broaden the potential of graphene-based materials. In this paper, novel ZnO-nanocrystal-decorated nitrogen-doped graphene (N-GR) composites were prepared through a one-step thermal-treatment route using glycine as the nitrogen source. ZnO nanocrystals with a size about 8 nm were well-dispersed and tightly anchored on the N-GR sheet. Compared with ZnO-nanocrystal-decorated undoped graphene, the ZnO/N-GR nanocomposites could not only enhance the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) intensity by 4.3-fold but also moved the ECL onset potential positively for ∼200 mV. All these results could be ascribed to the presence of nitrogen in graphene which decreased the barrier of ZnO nanocrystals reduction. Furthermore, the ECL sensor based on ZnO/N-GR nanocomposites was fabricated for the ultrasensitive detection of pentachlorophenol (PCP). This recyclable and eco-friendly sensor has excellent performances including wide linear range (0.5 pM to ∼61.1 nM), low detection limit (0.16 pM, S/N=3), good selectivity, and stability, which is a promising sensor for practical application in environment analysis.
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- Ding Jiang
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University , Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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Xu Y, Liu J, Gao C, Wang E. Applications of carbon quantum dots in electrochemiluminescence: A mini review. Electrochem commun 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2014.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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