Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 10, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano10102045
Keywords
MoSe2 quantum dots; peroxidase-like activity; hydrogen peroxide; few-layer MoSe2 nanosheets; colorimetric detection
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- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST 108-2221-E-110-044, MOST 109-2811-M-002-634, MOST 108-2119-M-002-025-MY3]
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We report the facile and economic preparation of two-dimensional (2D) and 0D MoSe2 nanostructures based on systematic and non-toxic top-down strategies. We demonstrate the intrinsic peroxidase-like activity of these MoSe2 nanostructures. The catalytic processes begin with facilitated decomposition of H2O2 by using MoSe2 nanostructures as peroxidase mimetics. In turn, a large amount of generated radicals oxidizes 3,3,5,5-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to produce a visible color reaction. The enzymatic kinetics of our MoSe2 nanostructures complies with typical Michaelis-Menten theory. Catalytic kinetics study reveals a ping-pong mechanism. Moreover, the primary radical responsible for the oxidation of TMB was identified to be O-2(-) by active species-trapping experiments. Based on the peroxidase mimicking property, we developed a new colorimetric method for H2O2 detection by using 2D and 0D MoSe2 nanostructures. It is shown that the colorimetric sensing capability of our MoSe2 catalysts is comparable to other 2D materials-based colorimetric platforms. For instance, the linear range of H2O2 detection is between 10 and 250 mu M by using 2D functionalized MoSe2 nanosheets as an artificial enzyme. Our work develops a systematic approach to use 2D materials to construct novel enzyme-free mimetic for a visual assay of H2O2, which has promising prospects in medical diagnosis and food security monitoring.
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