Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 66, Issue 2, Pages 414-423Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04188
Keywords
quantum dots; sensor; fluorescence quenching; binding constants; pesticides; degradation; photocatalyst
Funding
- UGC, New Delhi, India
- DST, New Delhi
- DST-SERB Project, DST, Govt. of India [YSS/2015/000589]
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Present study reveals the low concentrations (similar to 4 ppm) of pesticide sensing vis-a-vis degradation of pesticides with the help of nontoxic zinc oxide quantum dots (QD). In our study, we have taken four different pesticides viz., aldrin, tetradifon, glyphosate, and atrazine, which are widely used in agriculture and have structural dissimilarities/diversity. By using optical sensing techniques such as steady state and time-resolved fluorescence, we have analyzed the detailed exciton dynamics of QD in the presence of different pesticides. It has been found that the pesticide containing good leaving groups ( Cl) can interact with QD promptly and has high binding affinity (similar to 10(7) M-1). The different binding signatures of QD with different pesticides enable us to differentiate between the pesticides. Time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy provides significant variance (similar to 150-300 ns) for different pesticides. Furthermore, a large variation (10(5) Omega to 7 X 10(4) Omega) in the resistance of QD in the presence of different pesticides was revealed by electrochemical sensing technique. Moreover, during the interaction with pesticides, QD can also act as a photocatalyst to degrade pesticides. Present investigation explored the fact that the rate of degradation is positively affected by the binding affinity, i.e., the greater the binding, the greater is the degradation. What is more, both optical and electrochemical measurements of QD, in tandem, as described in our study could be utilized as the pattern recognition sensor for detection of several pesticides.
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