A new molecularly imprinted polymer electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensor was developed for the detection of clopyralid (CPD) based on enzyme-biocatalyzed amplification. CdTe quantum dots were immobilized on the surface of an electrode by reaction with p -aminothiophenol preadsorbed on the electrode. Then a molecularly imprinted film was formed by electrochemical polymerization of o -phenylenediamine in the presence of CPD on the CdTe-modified gold electrode. During the analytical cycle, horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled CPD was replaced by CPD in the sample. The amount of HRP on the molecularly imprinted polymer electrode decreased, and then less H 2 O 2 was catalytically decomposed. Subsequently, the ECL intensity of the CdTe–H 2 O 2 system was enhanced. There was a good linear relationship between ECL intensity and the concentration of CPD in the range from 2.0 × 10 -11 to 2.5 × 10 -10 mol/L and in the range from 2.5 × 10 -10 to 3.5 × 10 -8 mol/L. The detection limit was 4.1 × 10 -12 mol/L. The sensor was applied to determine CPD in vegetable samples.
A molecularly imprinted electrochemiluminescence sensor was fabricated for ultratrace clopyralid determination. The sensitivity was significantly improved with the enhancement of the ECL intensity of quantum dot via the enzymatic reaction of HRP
In this work, the molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) and non-imprinted polymers (NIPs) for clopyralid (3,6-DCP) were successfully synthesized via precipitation polymerization using methacrylic acid (MAA) as functional monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as crosslinker and a mixture of butanone (MEK) and n-heptane as porogen under the existence of azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN). The morphologies, particle sizes, structures, adsorption properties and selective recognitions of polymers were investigated systematically. The average particle sizes of MIP3 and NIP3 were 2.76 μm and 2.15 μm. The apparent maximum binding amount (Qmax) of MIP3 and NIP3 were 67.50 mg·g−1 and 65.02 mg·g−1 in Scatchard analysis. Langmuir isotherm displayed that the Langmuir constant (Kl) of MIP3 and NIP3 were 0.015 L·mg−1 and 0.0065 L·mg−1, the saturation adsorption capacity (Qmax) of MIP3 and NIP3 were 63.23 mg·g−1 and 58.17 mg·g−1. Lagergren pseudo-second-order kinetic plot described that the adsorption process of MIP3 was visualized as chemical absorption. Selectivity analysis revealed that MIP3 possessed highly specific recognition for 3,6-DCP.
Contamination by herbicides such as clopyralid (CLP) poses a significant threat to human health and ecological systems. In the present study, efficient removal of CLP was achieved by thermo activated persulfate, among which sulfate radical was identified as the predominant oxidizing species responsible for the decontamination . Based on high resolution LC-MS, derivatization method and density functional theory (DFT) computation, the detailed oxidation pathways and mechanisms were proposed. The primary oxidation pathways included dechlorination-hydroxylation, decarboxylation and the formation of quinone-like moieties. Afterwards, numerous intermediate byproducts ranging from high molecular to very small ones were identified, suggesting the pyridine ring was damaged during the thermo activated persulfate process. The detected products containing six and five carbons indicated the pyridine ring cleavage would take place on the quinone-structure intermediate. Further oxidation could continue by breaking each bond on the ring-cleavage product, yielding a series of short-chain carbonyl chemicals, carboxylic acids and inorganic ions. In addition, the presence of dissolved oxygen (DO) was favorable to CLP degradation, indicating DO played an important role in applying such technology . The degradation rate constants of CLP increased appreciably with increasing temperature, and acidic pH facilitated the CLP degradation. The results obtained in this work would increase our understanding on the environmental fates of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds during sulfate radical (SO 4 •− )-based advanced oxidation processes (SR-AOPs).