Electrochemiluminescence microscopy: From single objects to living cells

Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is a light-emitting phenomenon triggered by electrochemistry. The resulting optical signal enables spatiotemporal resolution of the luminescent that can be imaged with high accuracy. field ECL evolving rapidly from an analytical method widely applied in biosensing to novel microscopy technique. efficient generation depends on electrode materials, luminophore/coreactant systems, and experimental configurations, focusing research improving these parameters. Nowadays, analysis transient events micro/nanometric objects, surface boundaries, interfaces, physical phenomena, as well catalytic biological processes. Since offers many applications, this article will describe first context then most recent advances imaging single objects living cells or subcellular structures.