Fe-N-C Single-Atom Catalyst Coupling with Pt Clusters Boosts Peroxidase-like Activity for Cascade-Amplified Colorimetric Immunoassay.

Anal Chem

Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China.

Published: September 2021

Although single-atom catalysts with high enzyme-like activities have been found, the rational design of highly active peroxidase (POD)-like nanozymes is still a formidable challenge. Herein, highly active POD-like nanozymes were synthesized through loading Pt clusters on the Fe single-atom (Fe-Pt) nanozymes. The POD-like activity of Fe-Pt nanozymes is enhanced 4.5-fold and 7-fold, in comparison to that of Fe and Pt nanozymes, respectively, which is attributed to the unexpected synergistic effect between Fe single atoms and Pt clusters. Based on the outstanding POD-like activity of Fe-Pt nanozymes, a cascade signal amplification strategy was constructed by combining glucose oxidase for the colorimetric biosensing of prostate-specific antigens, exhibiting satisfactory sensitivity, high selectivity, a low detection limit of 1.8 pg/mL, and practical feasibility in serum sample detection. This work may serve as a tough foundation to guide the design of superior POD-like nanozymes and expand the application in biosensing.

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