Abstract
High-performance measurement of methyl parathion (MP) is of great importance in both agricultural and environmental surveillance. Herein, we presented a facile fluorescent biosensor to indirectly measure MP using N-doped carbon dots (N-CDS) based on the inner filter effect (IFE). Methyl parathion was employed as the substrate of alkaline-catalytic hydrolysis, and p-nitrophenol (p-NP) was obtained by rapid the hydrolysis reaction under strong alkaline conditions without enzymes. Interestingly, the absorption band of p-NP appeared at 403 nm, which presented an overlapping spectrum with the excitation of N-CDs (410 nm). Due to its strong molar absorptivity, p-NP played the part of a powerful absorber in IFE to influence the excitation of fluorophore (N-CDs). Through the competitive absorption, the fluorescence intensity of N-CDs decreased extremely. With optimum conditions selected, the fluorescent sensor presented a concentration-dependent fluorescent response (ΔF) to MP ranging from 0.075 to 15 ppm (R2 =0.9956). The limit of detection was calculated to be 1.87 ppb (S/N = 3) with good selectivity. Successful measurement of MP in spiked river water and apple samples demonstrated that as-proposed optical sensor provided an alternative strategy for real applications in environmental and food safety control.
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