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Abstract
The near-infrared electrochemiluminescence (NIR-ECL) technique has received special attention in cell imaging and biomedical analysis due to its deep tissue penetration, low background interference, and high sensitivity. Although cyanine-based dyes are promising NIR-ECL luminophores, limited ECL efficiency and the need for exogenous coreactants have prevented their widespread application. In this work, poly[9,9-bis(3′-(N,N-dimethylamino)propyl)-2,7-fluorene]-alt-2,7-(9,9-dioctylfluorene)] (PFN) was innovatively developed to significantly invigorate the NIR-ECL performance of heptamethine cyanine dye IR 783 by the resonance energy transfer (RET) strategy. Astonishingly, the IR@PFN nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized from IR 783 and PFN by a nanoprecipitation method emitted a strong coreactant-free NIR-ECL signal at +1.05 V, and the maximum emission wavelength was 815 nm. IR@PFN NPs were integrated in a spontaneous entropy-driven chain replacement (ESDR) reaction to achieve ECL analysis of microRNA-21 (miRNA-21), and the limit of detection was as low as 0.25 fM. IR@PFN NPs created a promising coreactant-free NIR-ECL platform for bioanalysis and imaging, providing a novel NIR-ECL detection method for miRNA-21.
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Analytical Chemistry, a peer-reviewed research journal, focuses on disseminating new and original knowledge across all branches of analytical chemistry. Fundamental articles may explore general principles of chemical measurement science and need not directly address existing or potential analytical methodology. They can be entirely theoretical or report experimental results. Contributions may cover various phases of analytical operations, including sampling, bioanalysis, electrochemistry, mass spectrometry, microscale and nanoscale systems, environmental analysis, separations, spectroscopy, chemical reactions and selectivity, instrumentation, imaging, surface analysis, and data processing. Papers discussing known analytical methods should present a significant, original application of the method, a notable improvement, or results on an important analyte.