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One-step solvent thermal synthesis of 3D networked MOF composites for preparation of an ultrasensitive chemosensor for hydroquinone and catechol

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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) have a significant impact on the environment and human health, due to their sometimes toxic and carcinogenic characteristics. Therefore, an innovative chemosensor was constructed for ultrasensitive determination of two typical PCCPs (hydroquinone (HQ) and catechol (CC)) in several minutes. The homemade chemosensor (UiO-67@GO/MWCNTs) consisted of MOF(UiO-67), graphene oxide (GO), and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) composites; it was a networked, structurally sparse, porosity-rich, homogeneous octahedral composite, and had ultra-high electrical conductivity, which provided lots of active adsorption sites, promote charge transfer, and enrich lots of molecules to be measured in a few minutes. The prepared electrochemical sensor showed good long-term stability, applicability, reproducibility, and immunity to interference for the determination of HQ and CC, with a wide linear range of response of 5.0 ~ 940 µM for both HQ and CC, and a low limit of detection with satisfactory recoveries. In addition, a new strategy of using MOF composites as the basis for electrochemical determination of organic small molecules was established, and a new platform was constructed for the quantitative determination of organic small molecules in various environmental samples.

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This work was generously supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22266031); the National Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province, China (No. 22JR5RA134); the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Science and Technology Fund Project of Gansu Province, China (No. 23JRRA1472); the Science and Technology Fund Project of Lanzhou, China (No. 2023–3-71, 2023–3-42); the Program for Innovative Research Group of Gansu Province, China (No.1210RJIA001); Industrial Support Plan of Education Department of Gansu Province (No. 2021cyzc-01); and the Funds for Creative Research Groups of Gansu Province (21JR7RA160).

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    Xuemei Wang, Yuan Ma, Lin Fan, Rao Peng, Xinzhen Du & Xiaoquan Lu

  2. Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry and Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730070, China

    Xuemei Wang, Xinzhen Du & Xiaoquan Lu

  3. College of New Energy Materials and Chemistry, Leshan Normal University, Leshan, 614000, People’s Republic of China

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Wang, X., Ma, Y., Ru, J. et al. One-step solvent thermal synthesis of 3D networked MOF composites for preparation of an ultrasensitive chemosensor for hydroquinone and catechol. Microchim Acta 191, 274 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-024-06349-6

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