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A Novel Technique for Generating and Observing Chemiluminescence in a Biological Setting
Published on: March 9, 2017
Electrogenerated chemiluminescence triggered by electroseparation of Ru(bpy)3(2+) across a supported liquid membrane
Gastón A Crespo1, Günter Mistlberger, Eric Bakker
1Department of Inorganic, Analytical and Applied Chemistry, University of Geneva, Quai E.-Ansermet 30, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Abstract:
We demonstrate here for the first time the detection of electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) upon selective, electrochemically triggered tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) (Ru(bpy)(3)(2+)) transport across a supported liquid membrane doped with a lipophilic cation-exchanger. This approach allows one to separate the location of ECL generation from the sample compartment, thereby avoiding the contamination of the sample with compounds necessary for ECL.
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