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Qianqian Zhao1, Wenkai Zhu1, Wenrong Cai1
1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China.
Abstract:
Chiral analysis is of significant importance for living organisms since chirality is the fundamental phenomenon in nature. In this work, a bifunctional electrochemiluminescent (ECL) platform is constructed for chiral discrimination and chiral sensing. 3-Mercaptopropionic acid-functionalized CdSe quantum dots (CdSe QDs) are combined with aminated TiO2 nanotubes (NH2-TiNTs) via amidation. The resultant CdSe QDs/TiNTs display significantly enhanced ECL signals due to the synergistic effect between CdSe QDs and TiNTs, which are then used for the chiral discrimination of the isomers of nine chiral amino acids (AAs) in the presence of d-AA oxidase (DAAO). DAAO can selectively catalyze the oxidation of d-AAs to generate H2O2, which acts as the coreaction reagent and triggers the ECL signals of CdSe QDs/TiNTs, and thus, the isomers of the nine chiral AAs can be effectively discriminated. In addition, the as-constructed ECL platform can also be used for the sensitive detection of d-AAs in the presence of DAAO with a wide linear range and a low limit of detection. These findings suggest that the CdSe QDs/TiNTs can work as a bifunctional ECL platform (chiral discrimination and chiral sensing), which might be an advanced ECL platform for biomedical applications.
