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352 Biosensors Based on Electrochemiluminescence
dissolved oxygen to produce equimolar hydrogen peroxide, the
ECL intensity decreases. This strategy can be applied in more
bioanalytical systems for oxidase substrates.
Scheme 12.9:
CdSe/Cd(TGA) QDs + ne → nR
•−
(12.36)
Catalyzed by GOD: Glucose + O
2
→ Gluconate + H
2
O
2
(12.37)
For oxygen : O
2
+ 2R
•−
+ 2H
+
→ 2R
∗
+ H
2
O
2
(12.38)
H
2
O
2
+ 2R
•−
→ 2R
∗
+ 2OH
−
(12.39)
For peroxide : H
2
O
2
+ 2R
•−
→ 2R
∗
+ 2OH
−
(12.40)
Then R
∗
→ R + hν (12.41)
With the same mechanism, a disposable ECL biosensor has been
fabricated by co-immobilizing GOD and surface-unpassived CdTe
QDs on a