Preparation of a carboxylated single-walled carbon-nanotube-chitosan functional layer and its application to a molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensor to quantify semicarbazide
Food Chemistry(2020)
Abstract
Semicarbazide (SEM) is a protein-bound nitrofurazone metabolite that is detrimental to human health. Therefore, to ensure food safety, it is necessary to detect SEM in food samples. To this end, we developed a novel electrochemical sensor to detect SEM by using a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) as the recognition element. Computer-aided molecular modelling was performed to guide the synthesis of the MIP, and subsequently, MIP/carboxylated single-walled carbon-nanotubes/chitosan (MIP/SWNTs-COOH/CS) was prepared as the sensing platform to develop the electrochemical sensor. The linear range of the sensor was 0.04–7.6 ng mL−1, with a detection limit of 0.025 ng mL−1. The sensor was successfully applied to detect SEM in four different real samples, with recoveries ranging from 83.16% to 93.40%. The results indicated that the fabricated electrochemical sensor can be widely applied to detect SEM in the environment and in agri-food products.
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Key words
Electrochemical sensor,Molecularly imprinted polymer,Carboxylated single-walled carbon nanotubes,Computational simulation,Semicarbazide
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