Melamine-Ag with dual functions of electrochemiluminescence luminophore and coreactant accelerators: Construction of MIP/M-Ag@MoS2-QDs sensing platform for specific detection of thiabendazole

A novel self-enhancement molecularly imprinted electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensor (MIP/M-Ag@MoS2-QDs/GCE) was constructed to detect thiabendazole (TBZ) in food. Melamine was used as template to chelate Ag+ to prepare composite nanomaterials (M-Ag). M-Ag possesses both ECL properties and coreactant catalytic properties, which can realize the self-enhancement of ECL luminophore. MoS2-QDs with excellent edge activity and electrochemical reaction catalytic activity were used to accelerate the reaction rate of the microsystem and further enhance the ECL intensity. The specific detection method of TBZ was established by investigating the ECL response mechanism and specific recognition mechanism of MIP/M-Ag@MoS2-QDs/GCE. The ECL intensity was proportioned to the lg C(TBZ) in the linear range 5 × 10−8 mol L−1–5 × 10−5 mol L−1 with a limit detection of 1.42 × 10−8 mol L−1. The satisfactory recovery rate (83.57%–101.03%) was obtained in sample analysis, which was in good agreement with the analysis result of HPLC.