On-site
quantitative analysis of pesticide is of significant importance
for addressing serious public health issues in clinical, food, and
environmental settings. Herein, we designed a novel smartphone-assisted
sensing platform for on-site monitoring of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic
acid (2,4-D) based on carbon dots/cobalt oxyhydroxide nanosheet (CDs/CoOOH)
composite. In this work, a red emissive CDs/CoOOH composite was proposed
as a signal indicator for shielding background interference, enhancing
anti-interference capability. 2,4-D as an inhibitor of alkaline phosphatase
could specifically suppress the production of ascorbic acid, which
restrained in situ etching of the CDs/CoOOH composite and further
triggered the fluorescence response of the biosensor. By employing
a lab-on-smartphone based device and self-designed application software,
the fluorescence image was directly captured and analyzed with a sensitive
detection limit of 100 μg L–1 for 2,4-D. Merging
the CDs/CoOOH composite-based fluorometric system with the smartphone-assisted
optical reader, such a cost-effective and portable platform provided
a new sight for on-site monitoring of pesticide and expanded application
prospect in the field of biological analysis.