ABSTRACT
With the increase in the world’s population, there is a constant demand for high agricultural production and yield. The widespread use of pesticides has mitigated the pests and increased the yield of crops. On the other hand, the continuous use of toxic pesticides such as organophosphate pesticides (OPPs) on a large scale has harmed the environment and human health. There is a constant need for the detection of various pesticides in water and food commodities. In recent years, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have arisen as an efficient immobilization system. They have received a lot of interest in the field of sensing due to tunable pore size, shape, high surface area, and abundant binding sites. Especially, luminescent metal-organic frameworks (LMOFs) have great potential as chemical sensors to detect pesticides with fast response, high sensitivity, high selectivity, and easy operation. In this chapter, we focus on pesticide applications and their detection using conventional as well as MOF-based sensors. The emphasis will be on details of recent advancements of MOFs in the field of sensing and on the future prospects.
