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Aquaculture fungicide causes threats to the human community and their sensitive detection are thus essential for food safety. Herein, MoS2/g-C3N4@Au heterojunction-based recyclable SERS substrate was developed for fungicide detection. The optimal substrate exhibited good SERS performance with a detection limit as low as 9.908 × 10−5 mg L−1 for malachite green (MG). Furthermore, an MCN@Au-based photodegradation of crystal violet (CV) under simulated light irradiation was realized, resulting in a degradation rate of 95.6%. With the dual function of the as-synthesized materials, good reusability of the substrates for at least six “detection-degradation” cycles was achieved. In addition, the MG in prawn extract could be sensitively determined with a satisfactory recovery from 91.60 to 124.00%. This work paves an avenue for the fabrication of heterojunction-based recyclable SERS substrates and provides a novel weapon for food safety protection.
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The authors are grateful to the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2022A1515012489) for its support. This research was also supported by the International S&T Cooperation Projects of Guangdong Province (2022A0505050003), National Natural Science Foundation of China (3217161084) and the Common Technical Innovation Team of Guangdong Province on Preservation and Logistics of Agricultural Products (2023KJ145).
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Wei, Q., Dong, Q., Pu, H. et al. Fabrication of a MoS2/g-C3N4@Au heterojunction-based recyclable SERS substrate for detecting fungicides. Food Measure 18, 1175–1189 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-023-02200-3
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