Nanotechnological Electrochemiluminescent Transducer for Heterogeneous Detection of 5,6,11,12-tetraphenyltetracene

This work is devoted to development of the nanotechnological electrochemiluminescent transducer for heterogeneous detection of 5,6,11,12-tetraphenyltetracene as a representative member of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water. This method has the advantage of incorporating the analyte into the supramolecular assembly nanolayer on the electrode, and resulted in the increase in the surface concentration of the target analyte as well as lowering the limit of detection. For a rational choice of the amphiphilic matrix for model PAH, quantum chemical calculations were performed to supplement the experimental results. Interestingly, PMMA was found to be the best matrix for the preparation of homogenous supramolecular assembly.