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ReviewChemical & biomedical imaging2026

Spatiotemporal and Digital Electrochemiluminescence Imaging for Intelligent Quantitative Biosensing.

Yu Zheng, Jinwei Xiao, Tadele Eticha, Dejana Bešlić, Saman Hosseinkhani, Yiran Guan, Guobao Xu

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Review in Chemical & biomedical imaging, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Yu ZhengState Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
Jinwei XiaoState Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
Tadele EtichaState Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
Dejana BešlićState Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
Saman HosseinkhaniState Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
Yiran GuanState Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8315-8852
Guobao XuState Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9747-0575

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) imaging has progressed from a sensitive-intensity-based detection method to a powerful analytical platform capable of resolving biological and chemical heterogeneity at the single-entity level. This review maps the evolution of ECL imaging along three major axes: (i) spatiotemporal resolution, enabled by advanced luminophores, confined and built-in coreactant pathways, nanozyme catalysis, and 3D emissive-layer control; (ii) digitalization, in which analog luminescence is converted into discrete, statistically robust events for ultrasensitive quantification; and (iii) intelligent analysis, where artificial intelligence enhances denoising, emitter localization, dynamic tracking, multiplexed decoding, and kinetic inference. Mechanistic innovationssuch as nanoscale confinement, intramolecular coreactant design, in situ conversion of endogenous metabolites, and asymmetric nanostructuresprovide brighter, more localized, and biocompatible emission sources. Parallel advances in materials (metal nanoclusters, quantum dots, perovskites, AIE luminogens, Janus particles), imaging platforms (SECL/PECL modes, super-resolution strategies, microfluidics, smartphone/Raspberry-Pi devices, and large-scale bipolar-electrode arrays), and digital/AI pipelines collectively enable the high-fidelity capture of dynamic processes from single molecules to complex 3D spheroids. Together, these developments establish a coherent spatiotemporal-digital-intelligent framework and position ECL imaging as a versatile, scalable, and excitation-free modality for next-generation biosensing, clinical diagnostics, drug screening, environmental monitoring, and functional material characterization.

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artificial intelligencebiosensingclinical diagnosticscoreactantdigital detectionelectrochemiluminescence imagingelectrodeluminophoresingle-entity analysisspatiotemporal resolution

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PMID42656892
PMCPMC13508096

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