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Silver nanoparticle induced chemiluminescence of the hexacyanoferrate-fluorescein system, and its application to the determination of catechol

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The article describes a flow injection chemiluminescence (CL) assay for catechol. It is based on the catechol-induced reduction of the CL of a system composed of fluorescein, hexacyanoferrate(III) and silver nanoparticles in strongly alkaline solution. Under the selected conditions, the decrease in CL intensity is proportional to the concentration of catechol in the 0.1 to 10 μM range. The detection limit is 5.0 nM, and the relative standard deviation is 1.5 % (for n = 11 at a 1.0 μM concentration of catechol). The method was successfully applied to the determination of catechol in spiked environmental water samples.

The flow injection chemiluminescence (CL) assay for catechol described here is based on the catechol-induced reduction of the chemiluminescence of a system composed of fluorescein, hexacyanoferrate(III) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in strongly alkaline solution.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi (Grant No. 2013011013-3), Undergraduate Training Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Shanxi Normal University (SD2014CXXM-50 and SD2015CXXM-79) and Shanxi Normal University of Modern Arts and Sciences (WL2014CXCY-10). All the authors express their deep thanks.

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    Suqin Han, Bibi Liu, Yan Liu & Zheyan Fan

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Han, S., Liu, B., Liu, Y. et al. Silver nanoparticle induced chemiluminescence of the hexacyanoferrate-fluorescein system, and its application to the determination of catechol. Microchim Acta 183, 917–921 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-015-1704-4

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