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6 pg mL-1 and a wide linear range from 1.0 pg mL-1 to 10 ng mL-1. This work not only demonstrates the great potential of noble metal sandwiched ternary heterojunctions in the PEC field, but also lays a foundation for developing the general PEC immunoassays. V.The selective and quantitative detection of H2O2 is important for its employment in physiological, environmental and industrial applications. In this paper, a sensitive and selective strategy for H2O2 detection was established based on the fluorescence quenching of CdSe@ZnS quantum dots (QDs) by H2O2-mediated etching process of Ag nanoclusters (AgNCs). In this strategy, dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) modified AgNCs were applied as H2O2 response group, the existence of H2O2 could initiate the oxidation of AgNCs and the production of Ag+. CdSe@ZnS QDs are very sensitive to Ag+, which could give rise to the effective fluorescence quenching of CdSe@ZnS QDs. Based on this strategy, the present fluorescent assay could realize the quantification detection of H2O2 and the limit of detection is calculated to be 0.3 μM under the optimum conditions. Furthermore, CdSe@ZnS/AgNCs hybrid-based probe was applied to detecting H2O2 in milk samples and showed a good recoveries results ranged from 95.8% to 112.0%, meaning the potential applicability of this strategy. A ratiometric electrochemical molecular sensing platform for real-time quantification of extracellular hypochlorous acid (HClO) production has been developed based on a latent electrochemical probe aminoferrocene thiocarbamate (AFTC 3). The substrate AFTC consist of a masked redox reporter amino ferrocene (AF 4) linked with a dimethylthiocarbamate trigger via hydroxyl benzyl alcohol. The conceptual idea behind the probe design is based on a specific chemical interaction between HClO and dimethylthiocarbamate, which allows only HClO to unmask the probe to releases AF. The scheme was manipulated to establish a highly selective (in presence of various reactive oxygen species, anions and other biological interfering species) and sensitive (detection limit 75 nM) sensing platform not only in lab samples but also in real samples (food samples, and live cells). Real-time in situ quantification platform was developed to profile HClO productions in macrophages, and it did so with great consistency. A novel sensitive assay was established by using strand displacement amplification (SDA) and DNA G-quadruplex with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) for the detection of patulin (PAT) toxin. The complementary DNA (cDNA) of the aptamer and PAT competed for binding to aptamer-modified magnetic beads. The cDNA was obtained by magnetic separation and used as a primer in SDA to produce a large amount of G-base single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). They can form the G-quadruplex to be combined with the AIE of TTAPE dye, which features a special combination of G-quadruplex that amplify the fluorescent signals. This work can reach a lower detection limit of 0.042 pg mL-1 with a wide linear range of 0.001-100 ng mL-1 for PAT detection than other methods. The results also showed good recoveries of 97.8%-104% and 101.7%-105.3% in spiked apple and grape juices, respectively. The assay used for the detection of PAT exhibits high sensitivity and good specificity. It also provides a stable and reliable platform for detecting other small-molecule toxins. Methane (CH4) gas, the second most potent greenhouse gas share a substantial role in contributing to the global warming and it is a necessary pre-requisite to detect the release of CH4 into the environment at its early stage to combat climate change. In that front, this work is focussed to develop an effective CH4 gas sensor using vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) thin films that works at an operating temperature of ∼100 °C. To understand the effect of sputtering power towards the structural characteristics of V2O5 films, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) analysis were performed from which the orthorhombic polycrystalline structure of V2O5 thin films was confirmed with varied texture co-efficient. Further, the surface elemental studies using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed the prominence of V+5 oxidation state from the binding energy of V2p3/2 and O1s peak. The effect of sputtering power on the growth of different nanostructures were observed using field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). The critical role of adsorption and desorption kinetics of the deposited nanostructures were explained through first order kinetics based on Elovich model and the phase stability of different nanostructures were evaluated using Raman spectral analysis. This work achieved the sensor response of about ∼8% towards CH4 at an operating temperature of 100 °C towards 50 ppm concentration. Arsenic contaminations in waters are concerned worldwide. This research was to examine an in situ method of aqueous binding concentration and diffusion (ABCD) technique with an aqueous solution of metal immobilized polycationic polymer (MIP) as a binding phase and a dialysis membrane as a diffusive layer to pre-concentrate trace arsenate in lake waters. Although the maximum binding capacity of arsenate to MIP was influenced by the presence of anions in water, the binding phase was capable of pre-concentrating arsenate in lake water. This in situ pre-concentration technique was combined with light emitting diodes (LED) for semi-on line detection of trace arsenate in waters. The system was eventually validated in lake waters in lab and in natural lake waters in China. In this work, new colorimetric method for detection of arsenate in the binding phase has been developed to minimize the potential spectra interferences of silicates, phosphates and other oxyanions. Potassium iodide was used to reduce arsenate to arsenite before the solution was mixed with the colour generation reagent of RhodamineB. Precise analysis of explosives is important for environmental pollution evaluation and terrorist prevention. However, rapid assay of explosives with high selectivity and sensitivity remains difficult. Here, we show that the gold nanocluster-modified metal-organic frameworks are excellent optical probes for explosive detection. The nanoclusters exhibit enhanced luminescence and selectively respond toward 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene over other explosives with a detection limit of 5 nM and fast response within 1 min. The efficient assay is resulted from the framework-mediated cluster aggregation and TNT binding. Both human telomere and proto-oncogene c-MYC can form G-quadruplex (G4) with various conformations. Porphyrin derivative (TMPyP4) could stabilize G4, and thus is considered as a potential drug for anticancer therapeutics. In this paper, the translocation behaviors of three typical G4s (telomere basket, telomere hybrid-1 and c-MYC Pu22 parallel) and their interaction with TMPyP4 were investigated with a single protein nanopore sensing interface with the same main electrolyte of 0.5 M tetramethylammonium chloride. As observed by the statistics of the dwell time of the current pulses, in the presence of K+, the parallel G4 is more stable than the hybrid-1 G4, while the basket G4 in the presence of Na+ exhibited shortest duration. The dwell time of all of the G4s increased as the result of interaction with TMPyP4, indicating an obvious stabilizing effect. This study demonstrated that the single nanopore sensing interface not only reveal the stability of various G4 conformations at a single-molecule level, but also provide the interaction information of a ligand, which could be useful in the drug design. Two-dimentional layered WS2 nanosheets with rich active edge exhibit intrinsic peroxidase-mimic activity, which make them an ideal material for sensor design. However, there is still lack of research on the catalysis and regulation mechanisms of the layered WS2 nanosheets as well as their application in the detection of hazardous substances. Herein, the regulatory effect of Pb(II) on the peroxidase-mimic activity of the layered WS2 nanosheets was firstly investigated, which enable us to construct a novel and facile colorimetric sensor for ultrasensitive and selective detection of Pb(II). To improve the performance of colorimetric sensor, some important parameters like buffer conditions, substrates and temperature have been investigated. Under the optimal conditions, the catalytic kinetics of layered WS2 nanosheets were extensively investigated. The peroxidase-mimic catalytic reaction was proved to be the "ping pong" mechanism, and the regulatory effect of Pb(II) on layered WS2 nanosheets was agreed with noncompetitive inhibition. The absorbance variation of colorimetric sensor is proportionally related to the concentration of heavy metals, which enable us to easily distinguish whether Pb(II) exceeds the permissible level in less than 20 min even by the naked eyes. The limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantification (LOQ) of the proposed colorimetric sensor for Pb(II) were determined as low as 4 μg L-1 and 13.3 μg L-1, and displays excellent selectivity against other competitive metal ions. Moreover, the further studies also validate the applicability of colorimetric sensor in several actual samples, indicating that our strategy may has prospective applications for Pb(II) detection in environment and biological samples. Exceptional sensitivity behavior of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) approach towards an electrochemical sensor application encourages combining this approach with other materials to tune their properties such as large surface area, high catalytic effect, electrical, thermal and mechanical stability for the fabrication of sensors with high sensitive performance. In the present work, highly sensitive MIP sensor was developed and successfully applied for rutin recognition. The MIP was decorated on the surface of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composite modified with glassy carbon electrode (GCE) to fabricate GCE/rGO/ZIF-8/MIP electrode. Spectroscopic and microscopic analyses such as XRD, FT-IR, BET and SEM were used to evaluate the composition and the morphology of the surface of GCE/rGO/ZIF-8/MIP electrode. The electrochemical characterization of electrodes was performed by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Also different parameters influencing the sensitivity of GCE/rGO/ZIF-8/MIP, such as the percentage of rGO, templatemonomer ratio, number of electropolymerization cycles, accumulation time and pH were optimized. Under optimal conditions, the MIP sensor shows a wide linear range and low limit of detection as well as good reproducibility, stability and selectivity, and used successfully for the determination of rutin in real solutions. The preparation and practical applications of molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensors (MIECSs) remain challenging due to issues involving electrode surface renewal modes, low adsorption capacities, and sample preparation speeds. To solve these issues, magnetic molecularly imprinted electrochemical sensors (MMIECSs) have been extensively explored by various groups. Recently, MMIECSs fabricated based on diverse strategies have yielded insight into the development of MIECSs, and they have provided effective paths for sample preparation, immobilization and renewal of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) on the electrode surface, leading to promising performances of MIECSs. This review comprehensively describes the research advances for various types of MMIECSs and their applications in the fields of food safety, environmental monitoring, and clinical and pharmaceutical analysis. Based on our understanding of MMIECSs, the literature in this field is thoroughly explored and classified in this review. The challenges existing in this research area and some potential strategies for the rational design of high-performance MMIECS are also outlined.