Low-Toxicity and High-Stability Fluorescence Sensor for the Selective, Rapid, and Visual Detection Tetracycline in Food Samples
With the development and improvement of analysis and detection systems, low-toxicity and harmless detection systems have received much attention, especially in the field of food detection. In this paper, a low-toxicity dual-emission molecularly imprinted fluorescence sensor (CdTe QDs@SiO<sub>2...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Molecules |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/24/5888 |
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| Summary: | With the development and improvement of analysis and detection systems, low-toxicity and harmless detection systems have received much attention, especially in the field of food detection. In this paper, a low-toxicity dual-emission molecularly imprinted fluorescence sensor (CdTe QDs@SiO<sub>2</sub>/N-CDs@MIPs) was successfully designed for highly selective recognition and visual detection of tetracycline (TC) in food samples. Specifically, the non-toxic blue-emission N-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) with high luminous performance acted as the response signals to contact TC via the covalent bond between amino and carboxyl groups. The red-emission CdTe quantum dots (CdTe QDs) were coated in silica nanospheres as stable reference signals, which effectively avoided the direct contact of CdTe QDs. Under optimum conditions, CdTe QDs@SiO<sub>2</sub>/N-CDs@MIPs had a rapid response within 1.0 min to TC, and the detection limit of CdTe QDs@SiO<sub>2</sub>/N-CDs@MIPs was calculated at 0.846 μM in the linear range of 0–140 μM. In complex environments, the CdTe QDs@SiO<sub>2</sub>/N-CDs@MIPs also exhibited excellent capabilities for the selective, rapid, and visual detection of TC. Furthermore, the accuracy of CdTe QDs@SiO<sub>2</sub>/N-CDs@MIPs to detect TC was verified by the HPLC method, and satisfactory results were obtained. Moreover, CdTe QDs@SiO<sub>2</sub>/N-CDs@MIPs showed a satisfactory recovery when measuring TC in milk and egg samples. This work provided an ideal approach for low-toxicity fluorescence sensor design and application. |
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| ISSN: | 1420-3049 |