The article presents a novel strategy for a sensitive investigation of the interaction between acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and its small molecular carbamate inhibitors. Two carbamate inhibitors with different ether linkages and the terminal lipoate were synthesized and labeled with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). With the signal amplification of AuNPs, the specific interactions between the AuNPs labeled carbamate inhibitors (ALC1 and ALC2) and the immobilized AChE on sensor chip surface were readily examined. The detection sensitivities of ALC1 and ALC2 were 176 and 121 m°/nM, respectively, wi...