Regenerable AgNPs-CdSNWs/Nanofilm as SERS substrates for sensitive detection of carbamate pesticides

The accurate detection of carbamate pesticides popularly employed in agricultural products is critical for reducing the threat of resultant residues to human health. In this work, a regenerable nanofilm used for SERS substrate was constructed by interfacially confined self-assembly incorporating CdS nanowires (CdSNWs) and Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs). The constructed AgNPs-CdSNWs/Nanofilm could significantly enhance the Raman signals of three carbamate pesticides (metolcarb, carbaryl and aldicarb-sulfone). A broad detection linear ranged 0.001–100 mg/L was achieved. The detection limits (LOD) of metolcarb, carbaryl and aldicarb-sulfone reached 0.00081 mg/L, 0.00081 mg/L and 0.00072 mg/L with coefficients of determination of (R 2 ) of 0.992, 0.991 and 0.992, percent recovery ranged 86.5–104.9 %，88.2–105.1 % and 87.0–104.5 %, respectively, and relative standard deviation (RSD) values were all less than 4.0 %. Results showed that the user-friendly reproducible nanofilm could be employed as simple-to-establish SERS platform for rapid detection of carbamate pesticides in food.