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ANALYTICAL SCIENCES
Volume 35, Issue 6, Pages 631-637Publisher
JAPAN SOC ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.2116/analsci.18P417
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Silver nanoparticles; dithiocarbamate pesticide; colorimetric detection; environmental samples
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- Institute of Advanced Research Studies in Chemical Sciences, University of Sindh Jamshoro
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A rapid and simple colorimetric approach has been developed for sensing dithiocarbamate pesticides (ziram, zineb and maneb) in environmental samples using sodium dodecyl sulfate capped silver nanoparticles (SDS-AgNPs). They were characterized by a UV-vis spectrophotometer, FT-IR, SEM and EDX. Dithiocarbamates on interactions with SDS-AgNPs induce the aggregation of NPs, leading to a color change from yellow to greyish or dark brownish, depending on the concentration of pesticides added. A shift in the wavelength was observed from 400 to 570 nm with the broad band. The absorption ratio, 570/400 nm, was found to be linearly related to the concentration of pesticides in the range of 195.7 - 733.9 ng/mL for ziram, 17.6 - 66.2 ng/mL for zineb and 16.9 - 63.6 ng/mL for maneb with the detection limits of 149.3, 4.0 and 9.1 ng/mL for ziram, zineb and maneb, respectively. The method was successfully applied for the determination of DTCs in environmental samples (tap water, tomato, mango beverage) with percentage recoveries of 94.8 - 108.4% for ziram, 93.7 - 105.4% for zineb and 93.2 - 107.6% for maneb. The procedure was repeatable with inter day RSD (n = 5) within 3.4, 4.8, 7.6% and intra-day RSD (n = 5) within 1.2, 1.7 and 1.8% for the ziram, zineb and maneb respectively.
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