A review on metal-and metal oxide-based nanozymes: properties, mechanisms, and applications

Q Liu, A Zhang, R Wang, Q Zhang, D Cui - Nano-micro letters, 2021 - Springer
Since the ferromagnetic (Fe 3 O 4) nanoparticles were firstly reported to exert enzyme-like
activity in 2007, extensive research progress in nanozymes has been made with deep …

Chemically fueled self‐assembly in biology and chemistry

K Das, L Gabrielli, LJ Prins - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Life is a non‐equilibrium state of matter maintained at the expense of energy. Nature uses
predominantly chemical energy stored in thermodynamically activated, but kinetically stable …

Nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (nanozymes): next-generation artificial enzymes

H Wei, E Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past few decades, researchers have established artificial enzymes as highly stable
and low-cost alternatives to natural enzymes in a wide range of applications. A variety of …

Novel gold nanozyme regulation strategies facilitate analytes detection

Z Wang, Y Shao, Z Zhu, J Wang, X Gao, J Xie… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gold nanozymes (GNZs), have emerged as a promising tool due to their high stability, good
catalytic performance, ease of preparation, and controllable enzyme-like activity. They play …

Catalytically active nanomaterials: a promising candidate for artificial enzymes

Y Lin, J Ren, X Qu - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Natural enzymes, exquisite biocatalysts mediating every biological process in
living organisms, are able to accelerate the rate of chemical reactions up to 1019 times for …

Supramolecular catalysis. Part 2: artificial enzyme mimics

M Raynal, P Ballester, A Vidal-Ferran… - Chemical Society …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The design of artificial catalysts able to compete with the catalytic proficiency of enzymes is
an intense subject of research. Non-covalent interactions are thought to be involved in …

Nanozyme-based electrochemical biosensors for disease biomarker detection

RG Mahmudunnabi, FZ Farhana, N Kashaninejad… - Analyst, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, a new group of nanomaterials named nanozymes that exhibit enzyme-
mimicking catalytic activity has emerged as a promising alternative to natural enzymes …

Deep insight of design, mechanism, and cancer theranostic strategy of nanozymes

L Yang, S Dong, S Gai, D Yang, H Ding, L Feng… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Since the discovery of enzyme-like activity of Fe3O4 nanoparticles in 2007, nanozymes are
becoming the promising substitutes for natural enzymes due to their advantages of high …

Enzyme mimics: advances and applications

E Kuah, S Toh, J Yee, Q Ma… - Chemistry–A European …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Enzyme mimics or artificial enzymes are a class of catalysts that have been actively pursued
for decades and have heralded much interest as potentially viable alternatives to natural …

Nano‐gold as artificial enzymes: hidden talents

Y Lin, J Ren, X Qu - Advanced materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Creating artificial enzymes that mimic the complexity and function of natural systems has
been a great challenge for the past two decades. In this Progress Report, the focus is on …