Chemiluminescent Hydrogen Peroxide Sensor Based on Luminol and a Colloidal Solution of Metal Nanoparticles

The effect of gold and silver nanoparticles with plasmon resonance on the chemiluminescence of luminol in an oxidizing environment was studied. It has been shown that when a colloidal solution of metal nanoparticles is added to luminol, the intensity of chemiluminescence caused by the presence of hydrogen peroxide and sodium hypochlorite increases and can be easily recorded at a pH level characteristic of biological media close to neutral, at which chemiluminescence is weak in the absence of metal nanoparticles.