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Controlled synthesis of spinel ZnFe2O4 decorated ZnO heterostructures as peroxidase mimetics for enhanced colorimetric biosensing

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The obtained heterostructures possessed enhanced intrinsic peroxidase-like activity, and the activities regularly changed as the sizes of ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles varied.
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This article is published in Chemical Communications.The article was published on 2013-08-01. It has received 69 citations till now.

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

TL;DR: This review discusses various nanomaterials that have been explored to mimic different kinds of enzymes and covers their kinetics, mechanisms and applications in numerous fields, from biosensing and immunoassays, to stem cell growth and pollutant removal.
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Nanozymes: Classification, Catalytic Mechanisms, Activity Regulation, and Applications

TL;DR: This review systematically introduces the classification, catalytic mechanism, activity regulation as well as recent research progress of nanozymes in the field of biosensing, environmental protection, and disease treatments, etc. in the past years.
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Standardized assays for determining the catalytic activity and kinetics of peroxidase-like nanozymes.

TL;DR: This protocol describes standardized assays of the catalytic activity and kinetics of peroxidase-like nanozymes and demonstrates that nanozyme-based detection is repeatable and reliable when guided by the presented nanozyme catalytic standard.
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Graphite-like carbon nitrides as peroxidase mimetics and their applications to glucose detection.

TL;DR: A colorimetric method for glucose detection in serum samples has been developed using g-C3N4 peroxidase-like catalytic activity and glucose oxidase (GOx), and the proposed method was applied to detect glucose in serum sample by the naked eyes.
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Solids Go Bio: Inorganic Nanoparticles as Enzyme Mimics

TL;DR: This microreview highlights the recent progress in the field of enzymatically active inorganic nanomaterials, including mimics of peroxidase, haloperoxidases, superoxide dismutases and sulfite oxidases, along with selected biotechnological applications and their future prospects.
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Photocatalysis on TiO2 Surfaces - Principles, Mechanisms, and Selected Results

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on interfacial processes and summarize some of the operating principles of heterogeneous photocatalysis systems, including the electron transfer and energy transfer processes in photocatalytic reactions.
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Intrinsic peroxidase-like activity of ferromagnetic nanoparticles

TL;DR: It is reported that magnetite nanoparticles in fact possess an intrinsic enzyme mimetic activity similar to that found in natural peroxidases, which are widely used to oxidize organic substrates in the treatment of wastewater or as detection tools.
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Highly active oxide photocathode for photoelectrochemical water reduction

TL;DR: A highly active photocathode for solar H(2) production is presented, consisting of electrodeposited cuprous oxide, which was protected against photocathodic decomposition in water by nanolayers of Al-doped zinc oxide and titanium oxide and activated for hydrogen evolution with electroDeposited Pt nanoparticles.
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Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of ferrites under visible light: A review

TL;DR: In this paper, the use of ferrites in photocatalytic conversion of visible solar energy to generate e − /h +, which in turn produce reactive oxygen species through redox processes, for the degradation of the contaminants.
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Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution by prolonging the lifetime of carriers in ZnO/CdS heterostructures

TL;DR: Coupled ZnO/CdS heterostructures based on the Z-scheme mechanism are demonstrated to be highly active photocatalysts for H(2) evolution under simulated solar light irradiation due to the greatly prolonged lifetime of photoexcited carriers.
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