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  • Chemistry
  • Materials Science
  • Biotechnology

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  • Controlling electrochemiluminescence (ECL) color is vital for applications like multiplexed bioassays and microscopy.
  • Limited availability of ECL-active organometallic dyes hinders multicolor ECL implementation.
  • Understanding high-energy electron-transfer processes is key to achieving multicolor ECL.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report the first self-enhanced organic electrochemiluminescence (ECL) dye.
  • To demonstrate a molecular system integrating bifunctional ECL features (luminophore and coreactant).
  • To achieve controllable multicolor ECL emission in aqueous media.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesized a chiral red-emitting cationic diaza [4]helicene derivative with a dimethylamino moiety.
  • Integrated luminophore and coreactant functions within a single molecule, allowing separate or simultaneous operation.
  • Investigated competitive electron-transfer processes with ruthenium or iridium dyes.

Main Results:

  • The novel organic dye functions as both a luminophore and coreactant, enabling self-enhanced ECL.
  • Achieved concomitant multicolor ECL emission, tunable from red to blue, with controllable intensity in aqueous solutions.
  • Demonstrated the molecule's dual reactivity through integrated but decoupled molecular functions.

Conclusions:

  • The developed self-enhanced organic ECL dye offers a new platform for multicolor emission.
  • This approach provides a general methodology for creating novel coreactant/luminophore systems.
  • Opens new possibilities for spectrally distinct analyte detection, analytical methods, and imaging strategies.