Photoenhanced intrinsic peroxidase-like activity of a metal-free biocompatible borophene photonanozyme for colorimetric sensor assay of dopamine biomolecule

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Feb 22;60(17):2417-2420. doi: 10.1039/d3cc06326g.

Abstract

Photonanozymes are novel enzyme-mimicking nanomaterials with light-harvesting capacity and have widespread applications in many areas including biosensing, biomedicine, environmental applications, energy, etc. Herein, we introduce freestanding metal-free biocompitable borophene nanosheets (BNSs) exhibiting excellent photoresponsive peroxidase-like activity for biosensing applications. The photo-enhanced peroxidase-like activity of BNSs photonanozyme was indicated to be due to its band gap energy being comparable to the energy of visible light.

MeSH terms

  • Colorimetry
  • Dopamine*
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Metals
  • Nanostructures*
  • Peroxidase
  • Peroxidases

Substances

  • Dopamine
  • Peroxidases
  • Peroxidase
  • Metals
  • Hydrogen Peroxide