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Synthesis of Greenish-Yellow Fluorescent Copper Nanocluster for the Selective and Sensitive Detection of Fipronil Pesticide in Vegetables and Grain Samples

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In this paper, a new synthetic route is introduced for the synthesis of high-luminescent greenish-yellow fluorescent copper nanoclusters (PVP@A. senna-Cu NCs) using Avaram senna (A. senna) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as templates. A. senna plant extract mainly contains variety of phytochemicals including glycosides, sugars, saponins, phenols, and terpenoids that show good pharmacological activities such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antidiabetic. PVP is a stable and biocompatible polymer that is used as a stabilizing agent for the synthesis of PVP@A. senna-Cu NCs. The size, surface functionality, and element composition of the fabricated Cu NCs were confirmed by various analytical techniques. The as-prepared greenish-yellow fluorescent Cu NCs exhibit significant selectivity towards fipronil, thereby favoring to assay fipronil pesticide with good linearity in the range of 3.0–30 μM with a detection limit of 65.19 nM. More importantly, PVP@A. senna-Cu NCs are successfully applied to assay fipronil in vegetable and grain samples.

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NVG thanks the Director, SVNIT, Surat for providing doctoral fellowship and infrastructural facilities to perform this work. This work was financially supported by Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), DST, Govt. of Gujarat, India (BR-04 (GSBTM/JD(R&D)662/2022-23/00292169).

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    Nirav Vajubhai Ghinaiya & Suresh Kumar Kailasa

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    Vaibhavkumar N. Mehta & Sanjay Jha

  3. Department of Chemistry, Research Institute of Chem-Bio Diagnostic Technology, Chung-Ang University, 84, Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06974, Republic of Korea

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Nirav Vajubhai Ghinaiya: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Data curation, Writing – original draft. Vaibhavkumar N .Mehta:  Methodology, Formal analysis, Data curation. Sanjay Jha: Investigation, Validation, Data curation. Tae Jung Park: Investigation, Validation, Data curation. Suresh Kumar Kailasa: Resources, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition.

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Ghinaiya, N.V., Mehta, V.N., Jha, S. et al. Synthesis of Greenish-Yellow Fluorescent Copper Nanocluster for the Selective and Sensitive Detection of Fipronil Pesticide in Vegetables and Grain Samples. J Fluoresc (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-023-03464-0

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