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Silver nanoparticles-based colorimetric array for the detection of Thiophanate-methyl
Mingda Zheng1, Yingying Wang1, Chenge Wang1
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
Abstract:
A simple and selective colorimetric sensor based on citrate capped silver nanoparticles (Cit-AgNPs) is proposed for the detection of Thiophanate-methyl (TM) with high sensitivity and selectivity. The method based on the color change of Cit-AgNPs from yellow to cherry red with the addition of TM to Cit-AgNPs that caused a red-shift on the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) band from 394nm to 525nm due to the hydrogen-bonding and substitution. The density functional theory (DFT) method was also calculated the interactions between the TM and citrate ions. Under the optimized conditions, a linear relationship between the absorption ratio (A525nm/A394nm) and TM concentration was found in the range of 2-100μM with correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.988. The detection limit of TM was 0.12μM by UV-vis spectrometer. Moreover, the applicability of colorimetric sensor is successfully verified by the detection of TM in environmental samples with good recoveries.
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