Kosuke Ino, Tomas Mockaitis, Ryota Shikuwa, Kimiharu Oba, Kaoru Hiramoto, Inga Morkvenaite-Vilkonciene, Hiroya Abe, Hitoshi Shiku
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Abstract
Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is a chemiluminescence phenomenon triggered by electrochemical reactions and is widely used for (bio)chemical analyses and electrochemical bioimaging. Compared to fluorescence sensing, ECL sensing reduces background noise by eliminating autofluorescence associated with excitation light. In addition, compared with conventional electrochemical imaging with scanning electrochemical microscopes, ECL imaging is faster as it requires no scanning. Furthermore, unlike electrode arrays, ECL devices can function without complex wiring, simplifying their construction. These characteristics render ECL sensing a useful analytical tool. Recently, ECL sensing has been widely used for in vitro cell analysis due to high demand for biochips in regenerative medicine, drug screening, and microphysiological systems. This review focuses on recent advancements in ECL-based cell analysis with applications for the detection of H2O2, respiration activity, cell adhesion, lipid membranes, and bipolar electrochemistry-based devices.
期刊介绍:
Analytical Sciences is an international journal published monthly by The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry. The journal publishes papers on all aspects of the theory and practice of analytical sciences, including fundamental and applied, inorganic and organic, wet chemical and instrumental methods.
This publication is supported in part by the Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Result of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.