A fluorescence-enhanced method specific for furfural determination in Chinese Baijiu based on luminescent carbon dots and direct surface reaction.

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State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, No. 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012, PR China; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, No. 2 Liutiao Road, Changchun, 130023, PR China. Electronic addres

Published: November 2024


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Detecting the furfural concentration in Baijiu can be used to assess the quality of Baijiu, allowing for the optimization of processing techniques and the enhancement of overall quality. In this paper, a fluorescence-enhanced method based on carbon dots (o-CDs) is developed for the furfural determination in Chinese Baijiu. In an environment full-filled with ·SO and ·OH, furfural undergone a direct surface reaction with the ortho-diamino groups at o-CDs. The created furan-based imidazole increased the surface electron density, leading an emission enhancement and color changes from orange to green. Thereby, a linear fluorescence response of o-CDs-TA to furfural is established in water with a detection limit of 30.5 nM. Finally, after ethanol correction it is used to determine furfural in Chinese Baijiu with high precision and reproducibility, providing a new strategy with low-cost and high sensitivity. In particular, the idea of covalently connecting target molecule to the CDs surface via the assistance of free radical opens a new avenue to merge the nanoscale and molecular realms through implementing chemical role into carbon nanostructures.

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