Kaoru Hiramoto, Ayumi Hirano-Iwata, Kosuke Ino and Hitoshi Shiku
Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 4495-4498
DOI:
10.1039/D4CC06245K,
Communication
We report the direct imaging of supported lipid membranes using electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and tri-n-propylamine (TPrA). Lipid membranes with different compositions exhibited inherent ECL emissions due to electrostatic interactions and altered permeability of the luminophores, demonstrating the promising use of ECL microscopy for lipid membrane studies.