Synergistic chemiluminescence nanoprobe: Au clusters-Cu2+-induced chemiexcitation of cyclic peroxides and resonance energy transfer

Kexin Zhang; Mingxia Sun; Hongjie Song; Yingying Su; Yi Lv

doi:10.1039/d0cc00313a

Synergistic chemiluminescence nanoprobe: Au clusters-Cu²⁺-induced chemiexcitation of cyclic peroxides and resonance energy transfer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Mar 12;56(21):3151-3154. doi: 10.1039/d0cc00313a.

Authors

Kexin Zhang¹, Mingxia Sun², Hongjie Song¹, Yingying Su², Yi Lv³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China.
² Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China. lvy@scu.edu.cn.
³ Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, China and Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China. lvy@scu.edu.cn.

PMID: 32057067
DOI: 10.1039/d0cc00313a

Abstract

An interesting chemiluminescence (CL) phenomenon of cyclic peroxides originating from tetrahydrofuran hydrogen peroxide (THF-HPO) in the presence of BSA-stabilized Au NCs (Au@BSA NCs) was found for the first time. In this CL system, Au@BSA NCs can greatly accelerate the decomposition of THF-HPO, and then chemiluminescence resonance energy transfer (CRET) occurs between excited dioxetane derivatives and the Au@BSA NCs, yielding enhanced CL emission which can be further enhanced more than 10 times by the addition of copper ions. Based on this, a synergistic CL nanoprobe with a special signal amplification strategy was developed.