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A Novel Technique for Generating and Observing Chemiluminescence in a Biological Setting
Published on: March 9, 2017
Tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) chemiluminescence enhanced by silver nanoparticles
Bree A Gorman1, Paul S Francis, Dave E Dunstan
1School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3217, Australia.
Abstract:
Mixtures of silver(I) and citrate that are used to produce silver nanoparticles evoke intense chemiluminescence with tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) and cerium(IV), which can be exploited for the determination of citrate ions and other analytes over a wide concentration range.

