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Programmable DNA-mediated coordination polymer nanospheres as highly specific catechol oxidase mimics for biosensing
Wangyu Xu1, Jinyan Zhang1, Ting Hou1
1College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, People's Republic of China. changjf@qau.edu.cn.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 24, 2026
Abstract:
We leverage adenine-rich single-stranded DNA as both a structural director and a coordination scaffold to synthesize Cu-coordination nanospheres. These nanospheres act as highly selective catechol oxidase mimics, exhibiting no peroxidase-like activity toward TMB or ABTS, thus overcoming the catalytic promiscuity inherent to conventional oxidase nanozymes.
