Abstract
An impedimetric sensing strategy was developed for sensitively determining diethylstilbestrol (DES) based on a platform of porphyrin-containing covalent-organic framework (p-COF). The p-COF was synthesized using 5,10,15,20-tetra (4-aminophenyl) porphyrin (TAPP) and 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(4-formylphenyl) pyrene (TFPy) as building blocks via condensation reaction, for which p-COF was named as TAPP-TFPy-COF. Considering the large specific surface area (302.9 m2g-1), high porosity, rich nitrogen functionality, superior electrochemical activity, and strong bioaffinity toward DNA strands, the TAPP-TFPy-COF-based platform exhibited enhanced, non-label, and amplified electrochemical signal, large number of immobilized DES-targeted aptamer strands, and fast-response toward the analyte. Electrochemical results reveal that the TAPP-TFPy-COF-based aptasensor promoted the sensing performance for the detection of DES, resulting in an extremely low limit of detection of 0.42fgmL-1 within a DES concentration ranging from 1fgmL-1 to 0.1pgmL-1, which was substantially lower than those of most reported DES sensors. Furthermore, the TAPP-TFPy-COF-based aptasensor possessed outperformed stability, high selectivity, ascendant reproducibility, and acceptable applicability in diverse environments. The recovery values for DES detection in milk, tap water, and frozen shrimp were in the range 91.80-118.50% with low relative standard deviation of 0.11-4.26%. This work provides a new sensing electrochemical approach based on COF network for DES detection and shows a deep insight into the construction of COF-based biosensors, which can be extended to be used for other targetcompounds.
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