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Bright near-infrared circularly polarized electrochemiluminescence from Au9Ag4 nanoclusters†
Lirong Jiang,Mengmeng Jing,Bing Yin,Wenjun Du,Xiaojian Wang,Ying Liu,Shuang Chen,Manzhou Zhu
Chemical Science Pub Date : 06/07/2023 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D3SC01329D
Abstract

Metal nanoclusters are excellent electrochemiluminescent luminophores owing to their rich electrochemical and optical properties. However, the optical activity of their electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is unknown. Herein, we achieved, for the first time, the integration of optical activity and ECL, i.e., circularly polarized electrochemiluminescence (CPECL), in a pair of chiral Au9Ag4 metal nanocluster enantiomers. Chiral ligand induction and alloying were employed to endow the racemic nanoclusters with chirality and photoelectrochemical reactivity. S-Au9Ag4 and R-Au9Ag4 exhibited chirality and bright-red emission (quantum yield = 4.2%) in the ground and excited states. The enantiomers showed mirror-imaged CPECL signals at 805 nm owing to their highly intense and stable ECL emission in the presence of tripropylamine as a co-reactant. The ECL dissymmetry factor of the enantiomers at 805 nm was calculated to be ±3 × 10−3, which is comparable with that obtained from their photoluminescence. The obtained nanocluster CPECL platform shows the discrimination of chiral 2-chloropropionic acid. The integration of optical activity and ECL in metal nanoclusters provides the opportunity to achieve enantiomer discrimination and local chirality detection with high sensitivity and contrast.

Graphical abstract: Bright near-infrared circularly polarized electrochemiluminescence from Au9Ag4 nanoclusters
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