Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 305, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2019.127511
Keywords
Single-atom nanozyme; Oxidase nanozymes; Fe-N/C catalysts; Metal-organic framework; Alkaline phosphatese
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51678485]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFC0404704]
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Nanozymes become currently a frontier of chemical research. However, exploiting a novel nanozyme with high activity, good stability and reproducibility is challenging. Here, size-controllable Fe-N/C nanozymes containing exclusive single Fe atoms coordinated Fe-N-x sites were succesfully prepared through a facile pyrolysis of size controllable Fe-Zn ZIFs precursors. The Fe-N/C nanozymes exhibit exceptional high oxidase-mimicking activity able to catalyze oxidation of colorless 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) by dissolved oxygen to generate blue product. Their catalytic activities can be regulated by modulating the molar ratios of methanol to metal salts (e.g., Fe and Zn) through which the size controllable Fe-Zn ZIFs precursors are obtained. Upon introduction of ascorbic acid (AA) into Fe-N/C/TMB system, complete inhibition of TMB oxidation was observed, resulting in significant decline in absorbance with a clear color change. In the presence of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (AAP) is hydrolyzed to produce AA. When coupled with AAP, a novel colorimetric biosensor platform was fabricated for ALP activity screening in the range of 0.05 U/L-100 U/L (four orders of magnitude) with an ultra-low limit of detection of 0.02 U/L. The work provides a promising strategy to rationally design the transition metal-N/C single-atom nanozyme with high oxidase-like activity.
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