Chemiluminescence accompanied by the reaction of gold nanoparticles with potassium permanganate

Abstract

It was found that potassium permanganate (KMnO(4)) could react with gold nanoparticles in a strong acid medium to generate particle size-dependent chemiluminescence (CL). For gold nanoparticles with the size of 2.6 or 6.0 nm, the reaction was fast and could produce the excited state Mn(II) with light emission around 640 nm. For gold nanoparticles larger than 6.0 nm, no light emission was observed due to a much slower reaction rate. The CL intensity was found to increase linearly with the concentration of 2.6 nm gold nanoparticles. The effects of the acid medium, concentration of KMnO(4) and presence of N(2) and O(2) were investigated. UV-Vis absorption spectra and X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) measured before and after the CL reaction were analyzed. A CL mechanism has been proposed suggesting that the potassium permanganate was reduced by gold nanoparticles in the strong acid medium to the excited state Mn(II), yielding light emission. The results bestow new light on the size-dependent chemical reactivities of the gold nanoparticles and on nanoparticle-induced chemiluminescence. The CL reaction was considered to be of potential use for bioanalysis applications.

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