Surface molecular imprinting on hybrid SiO2-coated CdTe nanocrystals for selective optosensing of bisphenol A and its optimal design

- Molecular dynamics simulation was employed to optimize the imprinting shell of the fluorescent sensor.
- Hybrid SiO2-coated CdTe was synthesized to enhance the sensitivity and selectivity of the sensor.
- Imprinting factor of 4.56 and detection limit of 6 nmol L−1 for BPA were obtained.
- The sensor was applied to determine the concentration of BPA in river water and milk.