Conductive copper metal-organic framework electrocatalyst and multiple strategies to enhance electrochemiluminescence of cerium-doped terbium phosphate for sensitive detection of interleukin-6
摘要
Cerium-doped terbium phosphate nanowires (Ce-TbPO4 NWs) were synthesized as an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) emitter. The ECL intensity of Ce-TbPO4 was enhanced using a dual-sensitization strategy of energy transfer from Ce3+ to Tb3+ and the antenna effect of the ligand. Copper metal-organic framework (HHTP = 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene hydrate, Cu3(HHTP)2) electrocatalyst and silver nanoparticle (AgNP) were used as co-reaction promoters to construct ECL immunosensors for detecting interleukin-6 (IL-6). In addition, the use of H2O2 as an additional co-reaction promoter synergistically amplified the cathodic ECL responses. The developed immunosensor exhibited excellent sensitivity for IL-6 detection in a linear range of 10 fg·mL‒1 – 100 ng·mL‒1 with a detection limit of 2.0 fg·mL‒1. This study establishes a new paradigm for signal amplification of multiple strategies to enhance the intensity of ECL and offers insight into the construction of immunosensors for the early diagnosis of diseases.
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