title: First observation of surface plasmon-coupled electrochemiluminescence.
abstract: Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is often used for high sensitivity detection. We describe a new approach to collecting the ECL signal, by coupling of the excited state of [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) with the surface plasmons in a thin gold film. The energy then radiates into the substrate at a defined angle. Surface plasmon-coupled ECL promises to be useful in chemical and biological assays.
authors.affiliation: Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zygmunt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gryczynski
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lakowicz