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Dendrimer-encapsulated Pt nanoparticles with peroxidase-mimetic activity as biocatalytic labels for sensitive
1Department of Chemistry, Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Korea. jkim94@khu.ac.kr.
Abstract:
We demonstrate the feasible use of Pt nanoparticles encapsulated inside amine-terminated fourth-generation polyamidoamine dendrimers as peroxidase-mimetic labels for sensitive colorimetric assays. This was performed by utilizing intrinsic dual functionalities of the dendrimer-encapsulated Pt nanoparticles, i.e. peroxidase-like activity and multiple conjugation sites.

