Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (also called electrochemiluminescence and abbreviated ECL) involves the generation of species at electrode surfaces that then undergo electron-transfer reactions to form excited states that emit light. ECL biosensor, combining advantages offered by the selectivity of the biological recognition elements and the sensitivity of ECL technique, is a powerful device...

Thiophene oligomer nanoparticles (NPs) were studied by fluorescence spectroscopy and electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL). Distinct spectroscopic differences between aggregates or NPs of thiophene hexamers having differing substitution patterns of solubilizing alkyl groups were observed. The α,ω-unsubstituted thiophene hexamer, Hexamer-2, exhibited fluorescence properties that were similar ...

BODIPY (boron dipyrromethene) dyes are unique materials with spectroscopic and electrochemical properties comparable to those of aromatic hydrocarbons. Electrochemical studies are useful in understanding the redox properties of these materials and finding structure-stability relations for the radical ions; along with spectroscopy, these studies help researchers design novel compounds with desir...

Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) of TOPO-capped CdTe nanoparticles (NPs) in dichloromethane and a mixture of benzene and acetonitrile showed two anodic and one cathodic peaks of the NPs themselves and an additional anodic peak resulting from the oxidation of reduced NPs. The electrochemical band gap (∼2.1 eV) between the first anodic and cathodic DPV peaks was close to the value (2 eV) obta...

Fissure coupling of the fluoranthene adduct (7,12-diphenyl)benzo[k]fluoranthene (3) using AlCl3/NaCl, CoF3/TFA, or Tl(OCOCF3) gave the new polyaromatic hydrocarbon dibenzo{[f,f']-4,4',7,7'-tetraphenyl}diindeno[1,2,3-cd:1′,2′,3′-lm]perylene (4). Crystal data for 4: triclinic space group P1h, a ) 10.569(2) Å, b ) 11.565(4) Å, c ) 13.001(3) Å, R ) 95.05(2)°, â ) 111.24(1)°, γ ) 100.53(1)°, Z ) 1, ...

We report abnormal magnetic field effects on electrogenerated chemiluminescence (MFEECL) based on triplet emission from the Ru(bpy)3Cl2-TPrA electrochemical system: the appearance of MFEECL after magnetic field ceases. In early studies the normal MFEECL have been observed from electrochemical systems during the application of magnetic field. Here, the abnormal MFEECL suggest that the activated ...

Dimethyl-, diethyl-, and diphenyl-substituted analogues of nickel(II) salen have been synthesized, and the cyclic voltammetric behavior of each compound at a glassy carbon electrode in dimethylformamide (DMF) containing tetra-n-butylammonium tetrafluoroborate (TBABF4) has been compared with that of nickel(II) salen itself. Differences in the cathodic peak potentials for these species have been ...

[Chemical reaction: See text] We describe efforts to achieve the electroreductive cyclization (ERC) and the electrohydrocyclization (EHC) reactions using catalytic nickel(II) salen as a mediator. While nickel(II) salen proved effective, the analogous cobalt complex as well as nickel(II) cyclam were not. The transformations were achieved in yields ranging from 60 to 94% using either a mercury po...

Detection of DNA damage is significant for the evaluation of genotoxicity of new chemicals in the early stages of its development. An electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) biosensor was fabricated to detect specific sequences of DNA by using CdTe@SiO2 as nanoprobes for signal amplification. This DNA biosensor was constructed by self-assembly of an aminated capture DNA on the glass carbon ele...