Synthetic scheme of boronic acid-functionalized magnetic silica (Fe3O4@SiO2@APBA) nanoparticles, simple magnetic separation, and fluorescence detection of dopamine in supernatant. Here, TEOS, APTMS, DMF, SA, APBA, EDC, and NHS are tetraethyl orthosilicate, aminopropyl trimethoxysilane, N,N-dimethyl formamide, succinic anhydride, 3-aminophenylboronic acid, N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-Nʹ-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride, and N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide sodium salt, respectively