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A Novel Technique for Generating and Observing Chemiluminescence in a Biological Setting
Published on: March 9, 2017
Enhanced solid-state electrochemiluminescence of tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) incorporated into electrospun
Dan Shan1, Bo Qian, Shou-Nian Ding
1Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials & Environmental Engineering of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China. danshan@yzu.edu.cn
Abstract:
An electrospun poly(acrylonitrile-co-acrylic acid) nanofiber mat (PAN-co-PAA(nfm)) was successfully collected on the surface of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images showed that the porous electrospun mat was composed of approximately 160 nm diameter of uniform knitted nanofibers. The cationic luminescence probe, tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) complex ([Ru(bpy)(3)](2+)), was innovatively and first incorporated into the negatively charged PAN-co-PAA(nfm)-modified GCE via electrostatic interaction. Compared with the [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) immobilized on normal PAN-co-PAA deposited coating, [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+)/PAN-co-PAA(nfm) exhibited dramatically enhanced electrochemical and electrochemiluminescence (ECL) performances, namely, more than 100 times higher ECL intensity could be feasibly obtained via the electrospinning technique.
