Core-shell Au@MIL-100 (Fe) as an enhanced substrate for flunixin meglumine ultra-sensitive detection

This study aimed to develop and validate a simple and efficient surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) method to determine flunixin meglumine (FM) residues in animal tissues through using core-shell Au@MIL-100 (Fe) as enhanced substrate. Au@MIL-100 (Fe) composite material was synthesized by coating metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) on the surface of gold nanoparticles using the solvothermal method. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-vis spectrum, SERS spectrum, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Infrared spectrum (FT-IR), and EDX elemental mapping results revealed that the structural composition of the compound has good properties with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties, high adsorption capacity, excellent SERS sensitivity and stability. When it was used as SERS substrate, the results of quantitative analysis of FM in pork showed a linear range of 0.10-50 mg.L-1 with a correlation coefficient (R-2) of 0.9819, the limit of detection (LOD) of 0.15 mg.g(-1), the recovery rate of 88.94%similar to 104.77%, the intra- and inter- batch relative standard deviation (RSD) of 3.57%similar to 14.22% and 0.18%similar to 3.44% respectively. Further verification results of the existing standard methods showed no significant difference between the SERS and UV methods (P < 0.05), as well as demonstrating that the SERS method has optimal precision, accuracy, and practicality. These results exposed that Au@MIL-100 (Fe) as a SERS substrate has great potential in rapid and on-site detection analysis.

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This study developed a simple and efficient SERS method using core-shell Au@MIL-100 (Fe) as an enhanced substrate for detecting FM residues in animal tissues. The results showed that the method had good performance, with a wide linear range, low detection limit, high recovery rate, and excellent precision and accuracy.