An electrochemiluminescence device powered by streaming potential for the detection of amines in flowing solution

Rintaro Suzuki, Suguru Iwai, Ryota Kirino, Kosuke Sato, Mariko Konishi, George Hasegawa, Norio Ishizuka, Kimihiro Matsukawa, Kazuo Tanaka, Elena Villani () and Shinsuke Inagi ()
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Rintaro Suzuki: Institute of Science Tokyo
Suguru Iwai: Institute of Science Tokyo
Ryota Kirino: Institute of Science Tokyo
Kosuke Sato: Institute of Science Tokyo
Mariko Konishi: Institute of Science Tokyo
George Hasegawa: Nagoya University
Norio Ishizuka: Emaus Kyoto Inc.
Kimihiro Matsukawa: Kyoto Institute of Technology
Kazuo Tanaka: Kyoto University
Elena Villani: Institute of Science Tokyo
Shinsuke Inagi: Institute of Science Tokyo

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract The research and implementation of portable and low-cost analytical devices that possess high reproducibility and ease of operation is still a challenging task, and a growing field of importance, within the analytical research. Herein, we report the concept, design and optimization of a microfluidic device based on electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detection that can be potentially operated without electricity for analytical purposes. The device functions exploiting the concept of streaming potential-driven bipolar electrochemistry, where a potential difference, generated from the flow of an electrolyte through a microchannel under the influence of a pressure gradient, is the driving force for redox reactions. To our purpose, we employ such a device to drive the ECL reaction of an organic chromophore deposited onto the electrode surface by simply flowing an electrolytic solution containing a coreactant into the microfluidic system, and we successively apply such device for the detection of amines in water. Our device shows high reproducibility and satisfactory detection limits for tri-n-propylamine, demonstrating an original, and up to now unexplored, concept of energy saving microfluidic systems with integrated ECL detection.

Date: 2025
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