A ratiometric electrochemiluminescent cytosensor based on polyaniline hydrogel electrodes in spatially separated electrochemiluminescent systems

Abstract

Here, we proposed a ratiometric electrochemiluminescent (ECL) strategy in spatially multiplied ECL systems. By the specific recognition of hyaluronic acid with proteoglycan CD44 and epidermal growth factor with epidermal growth factor receptor on the cell surface, the cells were labelled with potential-resolved ECL probes, namely Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ and g-C₃N₄, respectively. The as-proposed cytosensor provides a multichannel ECL protocol to improve the throughput, which may push the application of ECL for the cellular immunoanalysis.