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ArticleNature communications2020

Insights into the mechanism of coreactant electrochemiluminescence facilitating enhanced bioanalytical performance.

Alessandra Zanut, Andrea Fiorani, Sofia Canola, Toshiro Saito, Nicole Ziebart, Stefania Rapino, Sara Rebeccani, Antonio Barbon, Takashi Irie, Hans-Peter Josel and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Alessandra ZanutDepartment of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Andrea FioraniDepartment of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8413-6439
Sofia CanolaDepartment of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-8203
Toshiro SaitoHitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882, Ichige, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 312-8504, Japan.
Nicole ZiebartRoche Diagnostics GmbH, Nonnenwald 2, 82377, Penzberg, Germany.
Stefania RapinoDepartment of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6913-0119
Sara RebeccaniDepartment of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-9567
Antonio BarbonDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Padova, Via F. Marzolo 1, 35131, Padova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2009-5874
Takashi IrieHitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882, Ichige, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 312-8504, Japan.
Hans-Peter JoselRoche Diagnostics GmbH, Nonnenwald 2, 82377, Penzberg, Germany.
Fabrizia NegriDepartment of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0359-0128
Massimo MarcaccioDepartment of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9032-0742
Michaela WindfuhrRoche Diagnostics GmbH, Nonnenwald 2, 82377, Penzberg, Germany.
Kyoko ImaiHitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882, Ichige, Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 312-8504, Japan.
Giovanni ValentiDepartment of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy. g.valenti@unibo.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6223-2072
Francesco PaolucciDepartment of Chemistry Giacomo Ciamician, University of Bologna, via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy. francesco.paolucci@unibo.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4614-8740

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is a powerful transduction technique with a leading role in the biosensing field due to its high sensitivity and low background signal. Although the intrinsic analytical strength of ECL depends critically on the overall efficiency of the mechanisms of its generation, studies aimed at enhancing the ECL signal have mostly focused on the investigation of materials, either luminophores or coreactants, while fundamental mechanistic studies are relatively scarce. Here, we discover an unexpected but highly efficient mechanistic path for ECL generation close to the electrode surface (signal enhancement, 128%) using an innovative combination of ECL imaging techniques and electrochemical mapping of radical generation. Our findings, which are also supported by quantum chemical calculations and spin trapping methods, led to the identification of a family of alternative branched amine coreactants, which raises the analytical strength of ECL well beyond that of present state-of-the-art immunoassays, thus creating potential ECL applications in ultrasensitive bioanalysis.

Indexed as

BiomarkersBiosensing TechniquesChemistry, PhysicalChemistry Techniques, AnalyticalElectrochemical TechniquesElectrochemistryLuminescenceLuminescent MeasurementsBiomarkers

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PMID32472057
PMCPMC7260178

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