{"title":"Surface functionalized gold nanoclusters based on optical biosensors for detecting pesticide residues in agricultural foods: A critical review","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.microc.2024.111988","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Pesticides play a crucial role in modern agriculture for managing pests; however, their indiscriminate application raises concerns regarding food safety. It is, therefore, necessary to advance effective and rapid techniques for detecting pesticide residues in food products and water. Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are considered a versatile group due to their diverse functionality and attractive optoelectronic and photoluminescence characteristics, indicating significant promise in food safety. Specifically, AuNCs optical biosensors have been featured as universal and versatile tools for manufacturing new-generation recognizing approaches with enhanced sensitivity, stability, and specificity. In this review, we explore the latest tests and tools that utilize optical sensors with AuNCs for detecting pesticides. The review explores the evolution of these sensors and their innovative strategies for attaching recognition elements to AuNCs, both chemically and physically. Additionally, the article explores the synthesis principle, sensing mechanism, and recent advancements in using AuNCs as optical biosensors to detect pesticides. Furthermore, it explores the utilization of optical AuNC probes in ensuring food safety and the obstacles that may arise during their incorporation, drawing from the latest developments in this area.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":391,"journal":{"name":"Microchemical Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Microchemical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X24021003","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Pesticides play a crucial role in modern agriculture for managing pests; however, their indiscriminate application raises concerns regarding food safety. It is, therefore, necessary to advance effective and rapid techniques for detecting pesticide residues in food products and water. Gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) are considered a versatile group due to their diverse functionality and attractive optoelectronic and photoluminescence characteristics, indicating significant promise in food safety. Specifically, AuNCs optical biosensors have been featured as universal and versatile tools for manufacturing new-generation recognizing approaches with enhanced sensitivity, stability, and specificity. In this review, we explore the latest tests and tools that utilize optical sensors with AuNCs for detecting pesticides. The review explores the evolution of these sensors and their innovative strategies for attaching recognition elements to AuNCs, both chemically and physically. Additionally, the article explores the synthesis principle, sensing mechanism, and recent advancements in using AuNCs as optical biosensors to detect pesticides. Furthermore, it explores the utilization of optical AuNC probes in ensuring food safety and the obstacles that may arise during their incorporation, drawing from the latest developments in this area.
期刊介绍:
The Microchemical Journal is a peer reviewed journal devoted to all aspects and phases of analytical chemistry and chemical analysis. The Microchemical Journal publishes articles which are at the forefront of modern analytical chemistry and cover innovations in the techniques to the finest possible limits. This includes fundamental aspects, instrumentation, new developments, innovative and novel methods and applications including environmental and clinical field.
Traditional classical analytical methods such as spectrophotometry and titrimetry as well as established instrumentation methods such as flame and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry, gas chromatography, and modified glassy or carbon electrode electrochemical methods will be considered, provided they show significant improvements and novelty compared to the established methods.