4-hydroxybenzoic acid specific fluorescent sensor based on N,S-doped carbon dots@molecularly imprinted polymer

4-Hydroxybenzoic acid is one of the important metabolism biochemical markers of the urine in gastric cancer patients. In this work, a fluorescence sensor based on N,S-doped carbon dots conjugated molecular imprinting polymers (N,S-CDs@SiO 2 @MIPs) was prepared to detect4-hydroxybenzoic acid. The novel fluorescence sensor in response to 4-hydroxybenzoic acid ranged from 0 to 100 μmol/L, with a detection limit of 1.27 μmol/L. Furthermore, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid demonstrated strong fluorescence quenching capability on our fluorescence sensor, with the fluorescence quenching mechanism involving a combined effects of dynamic quenching and electron transfer. Lastly, the N,S-CDs@SiO 2 @MIPs were applied to analyze 4-hydroxybenzoic acid inhuman urine samples with high accuracy. The findings showed that N,S-CDs@SiO 2 @MIPs sensor might have high potential for effectively, selectively, accurately diagnosing gastric cancer patients.