▎ 摘　　要

A facile route for producing reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-loaded Au nanoparticles based on ionic liquids (IL) has been proposed, in which the as-prepared RGO can be dispersed stably in water. With the assistance of IL, Au nanoparticles were uniformly and densely absorbed on the surfaces of the IL functionalised reduced graphene oxide (IRGO), forming a new composite of IRGO/Au with high dispersibility. This IRGO/Au composite enhanced its electrochemical signal obviously in the measurement of allura red in foods and exhibited a wider linear response ranging from 0.297 (0.0006molL(-1)) to 99.3gL(-1) (0.2molL(-1)) with lower detection limit of 0.213gL(-1) (0.00043molL(-1)) at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. To further study the practical applicability of the proposed sensor, the modified electrode was successfully applied to detect allura red in five kinds of common foods and the assay results were in a good agreement with the reference values detected by HPLC.