Atomic-level design of metalloenzyme-like active pockets in metal–organic frameworks for bioinspired catalysis

W Xu, Y Wu, W Gu, D Du, Y Lin, C Zhu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural metalloenzymes with astonishing reaction activity and specificity underpin essential
life transformations. Nevertheless, enzymes only operate under mild conditions to keep …

Reactive oxygen nanobiocatalysts: activity-mechanism disclosures, catalytic center evolutions, and changing states

S Cao, Y Long, S Xiao, Y Deng, L Ma, M Adeli… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Benefiting from low costs, structural diversities, tunable catalytic activities, feasible
modifications, and high stability compared to the natural enzymes, reactive oxygen …

Single-atom nanozymes: emerging talent for sensitive detection of heavy metals

F Han, C Cheng, J Zhao, H Wang, G Zhao… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, the increasingly severe pollution of heavy metals has posed a significant
threat to the environment and human safety. Heavy metal ions are highly non …

Regulating Reactive Oxygen Intermediates of Fe− N− C SAzyme via Second‐Shell Coordination for Selective Aerobic Oxidation Reactions

Y Xu, Y Ma, X Chen, K Wu, K Wang, Y Shen… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) regulation for single‐atom nanozymes (SAzymes), eg, Fe−
N− C, is a key scientific issue that determines the activity, selectivity, and stability of aerobic …

Surface Oxygen Vacancy-Rich Co3O4 Nanowires as an Effective Catalyst of Luminol–H2O2 Chemiluminescence for Sensitive Immunoassay

J Lei, L Zhang, M Li, W Liu, Y Jin, B Li - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Oxygen vacancy is one intrinsic defect in metal oxide materials. Interestingly, we herein
found that the surface oxygen vacancy can significantly enhance the catalytic activity of …

Harmonizing Enzyme‐like Cofactors to Boost Nanozyme Catalysis

Y Wu, H Zhong, W Xu, R Su, Y Qin, Y Qiu… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering isolated metal sites resembling the primary coordination sphere of
metallocofactors enables atomically dispersed materials as promising nanozymes …

A-site alloying-guided universal design of noble metal-based MAX phases

Y Li, S Zhu, JB Le, J Lu, X Wang, L Chen, H Ding… - Matter, 2024 - cell.com
Summary M n+ 1 AX n (MAX) phases have attracted significant attention due to their
structural diversity and potential applications. Designing MAX phases with single-atom-thick …

Single-Atom Ce-Doped Metal Hydrides with High Phosphatase-like Activity Amplify Oxidative Stress-Induced Tumor Apoptosis

Y Tang, X Liu, P Qi, Y Cai, H Wang, Y Qin, W Gu… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phosphates within tumors function as key biomolecules, playing a significant role in
sustaining the viability of tumors. To disturb the homeostasis of cancer cells, regulating …

A metal–organic framework-derived ruthenium–nitrogen–carbon nanozyme for versatile hydrogen sulfide and cystathionine γ-lyase activity assay

Q Liu, X Wang, Y Zhang, Q Fang, Y Du… - Biosensors and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel approach exploiting the interactions between hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S)
and ruthenium-nitrogen-carbon (Ru–N–C) nanozymes is presented, advancing H 2 S and …

[HTML][HTML] Single-atom photo-catalysts: Synthesis, characterization, and applications

S Li, Z Kan, H Wang, J Bai, Y Liu, S Liu, Y Wu - Nano Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are gaining popularity in catalytic reactions due to their nearly
100​% atomic utilization and defined active sites, which provide great convenience for …