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Nanozymes with Multiple Activities: Prospects in Analytical Sensing.
Xiangheng Niu1,2,3, Bangxiang Liu2, Panwang Hu2
1State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
Biosensors
|April 21, 2022
Summary
Artificial nanomaterials called nanozymes offer advantages over natural enzymes for sensing and other applications. This review explores multi-activity nanozymes and their potential in analytical sensing.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Analytical Chemistry
- Biotechnology
Background:
- Nanozymes, artificial nanomaterials with enzyme-like properties, are gaining attention due to superior catalytic stability, cost-effectiveness, and tunability compared to natural enzymes.
- Their applications span sensing, biomedicine, and environmental engineering, with significant use in analytical sensing for biochemical detection, environmental monitoring, and food analysis.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the progress of nanozymes with multiple catalytic activities.
- To discuss their analytical application prospects in the field of biochemical sensing.
Main Methods:
- Introduction of main types of enzyme-mimetic activities.
- Summary of strategies for designing multi-activity nanozymes.
- Review of typical materials exhibiting at least two enzyme-like activities.
Main Results:
- Nanozymes offer versatile activities through rational design, advancing biochemical sensing.
- Specific examples of multi-activity nanozymes and their properties are discussed.
Conclusions:
- Multi-activity nanozymes hold significant promise for the advancement of analytical sensing methods and sensors.
- Opportunities and challenges in this field are presented to guide future development.
