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Coordinatively unsaturated cobalt single-atom nanozymes for visual pesticides detection by smartphone-based platform.
- Source :
- Nano Research; Apr2024, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p2298-2307, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- By adjusting the coordination environment of single-atom catalysts, the enzyme-like activity can be finely tuned for highly sensitive biosensing. Herein, we demonstrated that coordinatively unsaturated cobalt-nitrogen sites doped within porous carbon (SA-CoN<subscript>3</subscript>) could serve as highly efficient oxidase mimic. Compared with the typical planar four-coordination structure (SA-CoN<subscript>4</subscript>), the as-obtained single-atom Co nanozymes anchored by three nitrogen atoms are found to display much higher oxidase-like catalytic efficiency. Combined theoretical and experimental analysis revealed that the coordinatively unsaturated Co sites could facilitate adsorption and activation of O<subscript>2</subscript> molecule and thus improve their oxidase-like activity. Based on the enhanced oxidase-like activity of SA-CoN<subscript>3</subscript>, a paper/smartphone sensor for organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) was successfully constructed and used to quantify glyphosate in environmental and food samples with a low detection limit of 0.66 µM. This work not only highlights the important role of coordination unsaturation of SA nanozymes for promoting oxidase-like activity, but also provides an easy and cost-effective way to conduct effective quantification of OPs in the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19980124
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nano Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176080553
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6039-6