Electrochemical behavior and electrogenerated chemiluminescence(ECL) of Ru(bpy)32+(tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II)) immobilized in the multilayers of poly(3-thiopheneacetic acid)-stbilized magnetic nanoparticles(γ-Fe2O3) coated on a Pt electrode ha...
Electrochemical behavior and electrogenerated chemiluminescence(ECL) of Ru(bpy)32+(tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II)) immobilized in the multilayers of poly(3-thiopheneacetic acid)-stbilized magnetic nanoparticles(γ-Fe2O3) coated on a Pt electrode have been investigated. The multilayers of poly(3-thiopheneacetic acid)-stbilized magnetic nanoparticles(γ-Fe2O3) can be easily formed on a Pt electrode by an external magnet. Ru(bpy)32+ can be immobilized in those multilayers through electrostatic interaction between Ru(bpy)32+ and carboxylate of 3-thiopheneacetic acid(3TA) at pH 7.0. However, Ru(bpy)32+ was not stably bound to the films because the electrostatic interaction between Ru(bpy)32+ and -COO- of 3TA is not so strong as Nafion widely used for the immobilization of Ru(bpy)32+. In order to overcome this shortcoming, the same amount of Ru(bpy)32+ has been re-immobilized at the surface of the electrode under the identical condition even though the multilayers-modified electrode surface already contains Ru(bpy)32+. The re-immobilization step was completed in a short period time within 5 min because of the fast diffusion rate of Ru(bpy)32+ into the multilayers of poly(3-thiopheneacetic acid)-stbilized magnetic nanoparticles(γ-Fe2O3). So in this research, the present solid-state Ru(bpy)32+ ECL sensor based on the magnetic nanoparticles has been evaluated in terms of sensitivity, detection limit and long-term stability.The present Ru(bpy)32+ ECL sensor with the re-immobilization approach showed improved ECL sensitivity for TPrA compared to pure Nafion films. The sensor showed that the limit of detection was 49 nM TPrA and linear range was 0.5×10-3 ~ 1 mM. In addition, it its expected that the present ECL sensor exhibit good long-term stability as long as the magnetic nanoparticles stayed on the electrode surface because magnetic nanoparticles are quite stable under any circumstances compared to other materials.