A versatile platform for colorimetric, fluorescence and photothermal multi-mode glyphosate sensing by carbon dots anchoring ferrocene metal-organic framework nanosheet.

Concerns regarding pesticide residues have driven attempts to exploit accurate, prompt and straightforward approaches for food safety pre-warning. Herein, a nanozyme-mediated versatile platform with multiplex signal response (colorimetric, fluorescence and temperature) was proposed for visual, sensitive and portable detection of glyphosate (GLP). The platform was constructed based on a N-CDs/FMOF-Zr nanosensor that prepared by in situ anchoring nitrogen-doped carbon dots onto zirconium-based ferrocene metal-organic framework nanosheets.

Construction of ratiometric fluorescence sensor and test strip with smartphone based on dual-emission carbon dots for the specific detection of chlortetracycline.

Concerns about environmental and food contamination caused by chlortetracycline (CTC) residues have prompted people to explore efficient and convenient CTC monitoring platforms. However, the reported fluorescent probes generally fail to selectively detect CTC due to the structural similarity of tetracycline antibiotics. Herein, an intrinsic dual-emission carbon dots (D-CDs) ratiometric fluorescence sensor was prepared for highly sensitive and selective determination of CTC over other tetracyclines by one-step synthesis.

Carbon dots@Cu metal-organic frameworks hybrids for ratiometric fluorescent determination of pesticide thiophanate-methyl.

A dual-emission fluorescent (FL) probe was constructed by coordinating Cu of copper metal-organic frameworks (Cu-MOFs) with - COO group of carbon dots (CDs) for pesticide thiophanate-methyl (TM) determination. TM was recognized by organic ligands (HBDC and HBDC-NH) of Cu-MOFs via π stacking. Due to the higher affinity of Cu to TM than ligands and CDs, TM chelated with Cu to form TM-Cu complex.

A dual-function chitosan packaging film for simultaneously monitoring and maintaining pork freshness.

Exploring food packaging films simultaneously possess freshness monitoring and maintaining can effectively tackle food safety issues. Here, we constructed a chitosan/N-doped carbon dots (CS/N-CDs) film which can monitor the freshness of pork based on pH-mediated fluorescent sensing and extend the shelf life based on the antioxidant, antibacterial and UV shielding properties. The fluorescent intensity of CS/N-CDs films increased with the increase of pork pH from 5.