Applications of Electrocatalyzed Chemiluminescence of Luminol (Hydrogen Peroxide, Glucose, Electrogeneration, Flow Injection)

During the past several decades, the luminol chemiluminescence (CL) reaction has been successfully applied to the sensitive determination of a variety of analytes. The research reported here made use of electrochemical methods both to catalyze the luminol CL reaction and to generate reagents for the CL reaction in situ. Although few analytical applications of luminol electrocatalyzed chemiluminescence (ECL) have been previously reported, the use of an electrode offers several potential advantages over the conventional metal ion or metal complex catalysts; these include control of both the spatial and temporal point at which catalysis takes place, and elimination of the need to prepare and add catalyst solutions. The emphasis of this research was on developing electrocatalysis of the luminol CL reaction and electrogeneration of reagents as viable methods for analysis.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Van Dyke, David Allen

• Chemistry, Analytical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8623431

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70335