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Abstract
A selective detection strategy is proposed for the determination of residual hypochlorite in drinking water. Flower-like Fe3O4@SiO2@Ag magnetic nanoparticles can aggregate on a silver film-coated magnetic substrate surface under a magnetic field, enabling the separation and enrichment of the analyte from the sample. 4-Mercaptophenol is functionalized on magnetic nanoparticles enabling quantitative detection of ClO− through a “signal off” mechanism. This substrate exhibits high sensitivity, with an analytical enhancement factor calculated using Rhodamine B (RhB) as an example reaching 1.89 × 105, and a detection limit for ClO− as low as 0.0125 mg/L. The substrate also demonstrates good uniformity, reproducibility, and selectivity. Detection in actual drinking water samples indicates the potential application of this detection strategy in food safety.
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As a peer-reviewed journal for analytical sciences and technologies on the micro- and nanoscale, Microchimica Acta has established itself as a premier forum for truly novel approaches in chemical and biochemical analysis. Coverage includes methods and devices that provide expedient solutions to the most contemporary demands in this area. Examples are point-of-care technologies, wearable (bio)sensors, in-vivo-monitoring, micro/nanomotors and materials based on synthetic biology as well as biomedical imaging and targeting.