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This paper reports the quenching effect of DNA on the ECL of luminol and the further development of a DNA sensing device. With the pre-functionalization by a composite of carbon nano-tubes (CNTs) and Au nanoparticles (AuNPs), the sensor provides a novel and valuable label-free approach for DNA sensing. Here the ECL intensity was remarkably decreased when more than 1.0 \u00d7 10\u221212 molar of DNA were adsorbed on the sensor. Linearity of the DNA amount with the reciprocal of ECL intensity was observed. A saturated sensor caused a 92.8% quenching effect. The research also proposes the mechanism for the quenching effect which could be attributed to the interaction between luminol and DNA and the elimination of reactive oxygen species (ROSs) by DNA.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s101009481","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,10,21]],"date-time":"2010-10-21T12:35:22Z","timestamp":1287664522000},"page":"9481-9492","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Study on a Luminol-based Electrochemiluminescent Sensor for Label-Free DNA Sensing"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Hai-Hong","family":"Chu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Soochow University, Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, 215123, China"}]},{"given":"Ji-Lin","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Soochow University, Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, 215123, China"}]},{"given":"Yi-Feng","family":"Tu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Soochow University, Dushu Lake Higher Education Town, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, 215123, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,10,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2629","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bios.2006.10.036","article-title":"Synthesis of a Novel Fluorescent Probe Useful for DNA Detection","volume":"22","author":"Qiu","year":"2007","journal-title":"Biosens. 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