“…For that, chemical sensors and biosensors play an increasingly important role in environmental monitoring and food quality control. − In this context, optical sensing technologies, with their intrinsic simplicity, high sensitivity, miniaturized devices, and simple, fast, cost-effective, high-throughput, user-friendly field detection, have attracted tremendous attention, especially for monitoring trace pesticides. , Carbendazim (methyl-2-benzimidazole carbamate, Car) as a common pesticide belongs to the benzimidazole family and has been widely used in agriculture for pre- and post-harvest use, primarily in fruit and cereal crops to control several fungal plant diseases such as spot, mildew, mold, rot, and scorch. , However, carbendazim residues can cause a wide range of poisoning symptoms in people and livestock. Even worse, carbendazim has been classified as a potential human carcinogen based on various toxic side effects. − Thus, developing an efficient and reliable optical analytical method is in high demand to measure the number of carbendazim residues.…”