A simple, rapid, and reliable method for detecting harmful gases is urgently required in environmental security fields. In this study, a highly effective cataluminescence sensor based on SiO/MIL-53(Al) composites was developed to detect trace isobutylaldehyde. The sensor was designed using isobutylaldehyde to generate an interesting cataluminescence phenomenon in SiO/MIL-53(Al).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccurate discrimination of metal species is a significant analytical challenge. Herein, we propose a novel methodology based on liquid-phase cyclic chemiluminescence (CCL) for the identification of cobalt speciation. The CCL multistage signals () of the luminol-HO reaction catalyzed by different cobalt species have different decay coefficients .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRapid chiral analysis has become one of the important aspects of academic and industrial research. Here we describe a new strategy based on liquid-phase cyclic chemiluminescence (CCL) for rapid resolution of enantiomers and determination of enantiomeric excess (ee). A single CCL measurement can acquire multistage signals that provide a unique way to examine the intermolecular interactions between chiral hosts and chiral guests, because the lifetime () of the multistage signals is a concentration-independent and distinguishable constant for a given chiral host-guest system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of high-performance sensors is of great significance for the control of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollution and their potential hazard. In this paper, high crystalline VO nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a simple hydrothermal method. The structure and morphology of the prepared nanoparticles were characterized by TEM and XRD, and the cataluminescence (CTL) sensing performance was also investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this work, FeO/N co-doped hollow carbon spheres (FeO@NHCS) as a promising electrocatalysis material had been prepared through carbonizing covalent organic frameworks and ferric irons. The morphology, structure, composition and electrocatalytic performance of FeO@NHCS were characterized by various techniques. The electrode modified with FeO@NHCS (FeO@NHCS/GCE) exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of dopamine, uric acid, guanine and adenine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSensitive and selective detection of harmful gas is an important task in environmental monitoring. In this work, a gas sensor based on cataluminescence (CTL) for detection of acetaldehyde was designed by using nano-NiO as the sensing material. The sensor shows sensitive response to acetaldehyde at a relatively low working temperature of 200 °C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this work, we successfully developed a novel and sensitive gas sensor for the determination of trace acetophenone based on its cataluminescence (CTL) emission on the surface of nano-praseodymium oxide (nano-PrO). The effects of working conditions such as temperature, flow rate, and detecting wavelength on the CTL sensing were investigated in detail. Under the optimized conditions, the sensor exhibited linear response to the acetophenone in the range of 15-280 mg/m (2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIdentification of complex samples presents a difficult challenge for modern analytical techniques, and the differentiation among closely similar mixtures often remains indeterminate. In this article, we designed a simplified cyclic chemiluminescence (CCL) system that is able to measure multistage signals in a single sample injection. The system was used to investigate the CCL reactions of the binary, ternary, and multicomponent mixtures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCore-shell nanoparticles (NPs) consisting of a gold core and a metal-organic framework shell (type MOF-74) were synthesized via one-pot synthesis. The NPs exhibit highly sensitive and stable SERS activity for the detection of 4-nitrothiophenol, with a specific band at 1337 cm. The method has a linear response in 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIsomers discrimination plays a vital role in modern chemistry, and development of efficient and rapid method to achieve this aim has attracted a great deal of interest. In this work, a novel carbon dot-decorated chiral porous organic cage hybrid nanocomposite (CD@RCC3) was prepared and used to fabricate fluorescent sensor. The resultant CD@RCC3 was characterized by using a range of techniques, finding that CD@RCC3 possesses strong and stable fluorescent property in common organic solvents, especially it exhibits chiral property.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, a gaseous sensor was described for detection of iso-butanol on the basis of its strong cataluminescence (CTL) emission on nano-MgO surface. The sensor showed high sensitivity and specificity to iso-butanol with response time less than 1 s and recovery time less than 18 s. A good linearly relationship between CTL intensity and the concentration of iso-butanol was observed in the range of 7.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors describe a strategy for ozone-induction coupling with plasma assistance (O-I/PA) to enhance cataluminescence (CTL) based sensing of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A homemade O-I/PA CTL sensor system was constructed based on this strategy. O-I/PA can significantly enhance the CTL response to many compounds that were hardly detectable previously with adequate sensitivity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of noninvasive methods for real-time in vivo analysis is of great significant, which provides powerful tools for medical research and clinical diagnosis. In the present work, we described a new strategy based on cataluminescence (CTL) for real-time in vivo clinical breath analysis. To illustrate such strategy, a homemade real-time CTL monitoring system characterized by coupling an online sampling device with a CTL sensor for sevoflurane (SVF) was designed, and a real-time in vivo method for the monitoring of SVF in exhaled breath was proposed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo study the interesting chemical reaction phenomenon can greatly contribute to the development of an innovative analytical method. In this paper, a simple CL reaction cell was constructed to study the chemiluminescence (CL) emission from the thermal oxidation of carbon disulfide (CS2). We found that the CL detection of CS2 exhibits unique characteristics of excellent selectivity and rapid response capacity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, we described a new concept of cyclic chemiluminescence (CCL) detection, and a homemade system was designed to realize such detection. The direction of the carrier in the CCL system is in a state of periodical change that can trigger a succession of chemiluminescence (CL) reactions in a single sample injection. Therefore, in contrast to the traditional CL detection, which only records a single signal, CCL allows us to obtain multistage signals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe detection and identification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is one of the most serious subjects in the field of chemical sensing, but it remains an enormous challenge. Usually, during the sensing of gases involved in chemical reactions, the residual gas of that reaction (including undecomposed analytes and reaction products) are considered waste gases and released into the air. Here, a novel cataluminescence (CTL) sensing method based on detection of the luminescent intensities of both the analyte (I(A)) and its products (I(R)) was developed and used to identify VOCs at different concentrations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRapid identification of different compounds has been proven to be one of the most dynamic fields in analytical chemistry. Herein, a very simple cataluminescence-sensor-based (CTL-based) method suitable for rapid identification of compounds is reported. The oxidation of analytes was catalyzed in a closed reaction cell (CRC) containing enough air to facilitate complete luminescent response profiles with several peaks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA sensor for detecting dimethyl ether was designed based on the cataluminescence phenomenon when dimethyl ether vapors were passing through the surface of the ceramic heater. The proposed sensor showed high sensitivity and selectivity to dimethyl ether at an optimal temperature of 279 degrees C. Quantitative analysis were performed at a wavelength of 425 nm, the flow rate of carrier air is around 300 mL/min.
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