Tuning iron spin states in single-atom nanozymes enables efficient peroxidase mimicking

Authors: Xiaoqian Wei, Shaojia Song, Weiyu Song, Yating Wen, Weiqing Xu, Yifeng Chen, Zhichao Wu, Ying Qin, Lei Jiao, Yu Wu, Meng Sha, Jiajia Huang, Xiaoli Cai, Lirong Zheng, Liuyong Hu, Wenling Gu, Miharu Eguchi, Toru Asahi, Yusuke Yamauchi, Chengzhou Zhu - Chemical Science 2022 cited by 62

Spin-state engineering was proposed to enhance the peroxidase-like activity of single-atom nanozymes through the electron-withdrawing properties of Pd nanoclusters, which facilitates the heterolysis process of H 2 O 2 and the desorption of H 2 O.