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A novel metronidazole fluorescent nanosensor based on graphene quantum dots embedded silica molecularly imprinted
Mina Mehrzad-Samarin1, Farnoush Faridbod1, Amin Shiralizadeh Dezfuli1
1Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
A novel optical nanosensor for detection of Metronidazole in biological samples was reported. Graphene quantum dots embedded silica molecular imprinted polymer (GQDs-embedded SMIP) was synthesized and used as a selective fluorescent probe for Metronidazole detection. The new synthesized GQDs-embedded SMIP showed strong fluorescent emission at 450nm excited at 365nm which quenched in presence of Metronidazole as a template molecule.. The quenching was proportional to the concentration of Metronidazole in a linear range of at least 0.2μM to 15μM. The limit of detection for metronidazole determination was obtained 0.15μM. The nanosensor successfully worked in plasma matrixes.
