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- Title
Unveiling the Intrinsic Catalytic Activities of Single‐Gold‐Nanoparticle‐Based Enzyme Mimetics.
- Authors
Hafez, Mahmoud Elsayed; Ma, Hui; Ma, Wei; Long, Yi‐Tao
- Abstract
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been demonstrated to serve as effective nanomaterial‐based enzyme mimetics (nanozymes) for a number of enzymatic reactions under mild conditions. The intrinsic glucose oxidase and peroxidase activities of single AuNPs and Ag–Au nanohybrids, respectively, were investigated by single NP collision electrochemical measurements. A significantly high turnover number of nanozymes was obtained from individual catalytic events compared with the results from the classical, ensemble‐averaged measurements. The unusual enhancement of catalytic activity of single nanozymes is believed to originate from the high accessible surface area of monodispersed NPs and the high activities of carbon‐supported NPs during single‐particle collision at a carbon ultramicroelectrode. This work introduces a new method for the precise characterization of the intrinsic catalytic activities of nanozymes, giving further insights to the design of high‐efficiency nanomaterial catalysts.
- Subjects
GOLD nanoparticles; GLUCOSE oxidase; ELECTROCHEMICAL analysis; ULTRAMICROELECTRODES; NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2019, Vol 131, Issue 19, p6393
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.201901384