Co Single-Atom Catalysts Boost Chemiluminescence |
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| Authors: | Hui Ouyang Lvxia Zhang Shan Jiang Wenwen Wang Prof Chengzhou Zhu Prof Zhifeng Fu |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716 P. R. China;2. Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing, Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079 P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | Co single-atom catalysts (SACs) with good aqueous solubility and abundant labelling functional groups were prepared in Co/Fe bimetallic metal-organic frameworks by a facile solvothermal method without high-temperature calcination. In contrast to traditional chemiluminescence (CL) catalysts, Co SACs accelerated decomposition of H2O2 to produce a large amount of singlet oxygen (1O2) rather than superoxide (O2.−) and hydroxyl radical (OH.). They were found to dramatically enhance the CL emission of the luminol-H2O2 reaction by 1349 times, and, therefore, were employed as very sensitive signal probes for conducting CL immunoassay of cardiac troponin I. The detection limit of the target analyte was as low as 3.3 pg mL−1. It is the first time that employment of SACs for boosting CL reactions has been validated. The Co SACs can also be employed to trace other biorecognition events with high sensitivity. |
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| Keywords: | chemiluminescent immunoassay Fenton-like activity Pearson's principle single-atom catalysts singlet oxygen |
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