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Teng J, Peydayesh M, Lu J, Zhou J, Benedek P, Schäublin R, You S, Mezzenga R. Amyloid‐Templated Palladium Nanoparticles for Water Purification by Electroreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202116634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Jie Teng
- ETH Zurich: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich HEST SWITZERLAND
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- ETH Zurich: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich HEST SWITZERLAND
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- Harbin Institute of Technology school of environment CHINA
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- ETH Zurich: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich HEST SWITZERLAND
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- ETH Zurich: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich Information Technology and Electrical Engineering SWITZERLAND
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- ETH Zurich: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich scopeM SWITZERLAND
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- Harbin Institute of Technology School of Environment CHINA
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- ETH Zurich Food & Soft Materials Science Schmelzbergstrasse 9, LFO, E23 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND
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Microscopic mechanisms of cooperative communications within single nanocatalysts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2115135119. [PMID: 35022239 PMCID: PMC8784103 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2115135119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Catalysis is an experimental approach to accelerate chemical reactions. It plays a critical role in modern industries. Recent experimental studies uncovered striking observations of cooperative communications for reactions on nanocatalysts. In these experiments, it was shown that the chemical reactions observed at specific active sites might effectively stimulate the same reactions at the neighboring sites. We developed a theoretical model to investigate the microscopic mechanisms of these phenomena. Our idea is that the catalytic communication is the result of the complex dynamics of charged holes. Explicit calculations are able to quantitatively explain all experimental observations, clarifying the molecular origin of cooperative communications. The presented theoretical framework might be utilized for developing efficient catalytic systems with better control over chemical reactions. Catalysis is a method of accelerating chemical reactions that is critically important for fundamental research as well as for industrial applications. It has been recently discovered that catalytic reactions on metal nanoparticles exhibit cooperative effects. The mechanism of these observations, however, remains not well understood. In this work, we present a theoretical investigation on possible microscopic origin of cooperative communications in nanocatalysts. In our approach, the main role is played by positively charged holes on metal surfaces. A corresponding discrete-state stochastic model for the dynamics of holes is developed and explicitly solved. It is shown that the observed spatial correlation lengths are given by the average distances migrated by the holes before they disappear, while the temporal memory is determined by their lifetimes. Our theoretical approach is able to explain the universality of cooperative communications as well as the effect of external electric fields. Theoretical predictions are in agreement with experimental observations. The proposed theoretical framework quantitatively clarifies some important aspects of the microscopic mechanisms of heterogeneous catalysis.
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Synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 and gold nanoparticles in a sustained out-of-equilibrium state. Sci Rep 2022; 12:222. [PMID: 34996999 PMCID: PMC8741818 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03942-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The design and synthesis of crystalline materials are challenging due to the proper control over the size and polydispersity of the samples, which determine their physical and chemical properties and thus applicability. Metal − organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials in many applications due to their unique structure. MOFs have been predominantly synthesized by bulk methods, where the concentration of the reagents gradually decreased, which affected the further nucleation and crystal growth. Here we show an out-of-equilibrium method for the generation of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) crystals, where the non-equilibrium crystal growth is maintained by a continuous two-side feed of the reagents in a hydrogel matrix. The size and the polydispersity of the crystals are controlled by the fixed and antagonistic constant mass fluxes of the reagents and by the reaction time. We also present that our approach can be extended to synthesize gold nanoparticles in a redox process.
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Mo F, Zhang M, Duan X, Lin C, Sun D, You T. Recent Advances in Nanozymes for Bacteria-Infected Wound Therapy. Int J Nanomedicine 2022; 17:5947-5990. [PMID: 36510620 PMCID: PMC9739148 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s382796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bacterial-infected wounds are a serious threat to public health. Bacterial invasion can easily delay the wound healing process and even cause more serious damage. Therefore, effective new methods or drugs are needed to treat wounds. Nanozyme is an artificial enzyme that mimics the activity of a natural enzyme, and a substitute for natural enzymes by mimicking the coordination environment of the catalytic site. Due to the numerous excellent properties of nanozymes, the generation of drug-resistant bacteria can be avoided while treating bacterial infection wounds by catalyzing the sterilization mechanism of generating reactive oxygen species (ROS). Notably, there are still some defects in the nanozyme antibacterial agents, and the design direction is to realize the multifunctionalization and intelligence of a single system. In this review, we first discuss the pathophysiology of bacteria infected wound healing, the formation of bacterial infection wounds, and the strategies for treating bacterially infected wounds. In addition, the antibacterial advantages and mechanism of nanozymes for bacteria-infected wounds are also described. Importantly, a series of nanomaterials based on nanozyme synthesis for the treatment of infected wounds are emphasized. Finally, the challenges and prospects of nanozymes for treating bacterial infection wounds are proposed for future research in this field.
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- Fayin Mo
- School of Nursing, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Center for Drug Research and Development, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Nursing, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Center for Drug Research and Development, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Key Specialty of Clinical Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Duanping Sun; Tianhui You, Email ;
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- School of Nursing, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Ma J, Li K, Gu S. Selective strategies for antibacterial regulation of nanomaterials. RSC Adv 2022; 12:4852-4864. [PMID: 35425473 PMCID: PMC8981418 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra08996j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Recalcitrant bacterial infection, as a worldwide challenge, causes large problems for human health and is attracting great attention. The excessive antibiotic-dependent treatment of infections is prone to induce antibiotic resistance. A variety of unique nanomaterials provide an excellent toolkit for killing bacteria and preventing drug resistance. It is of great importance to summarize the design rules of nanomaterials for inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacteria. We completed a review involving the strategies for regulating antibacterial nanomaterials. First, we discuss the antibacterial manipulation of nanomaterials, including the interaction between the nanomaterial and the bacteria, the damage of the bacterial structure, and the inactivation of biomolecules. Next, we identify six main factors for controlling the antibacterial activity of nanomaterials, including their element composition, size dimensions, surface charge, surface topography, shape selection and modification density. Every factor possesses a preferable standard for maximizing antibacterial activity, providing universal rules for antibacterial regulation of nanomaterials. We hope this comprehensive review will help researchers to precisely design and synthesize nanomaterials, developing intelligent antibacterial agents to address bacterial infections. This review builds universal design rules for the antibacterial regulation of nanomaterials.![]()
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- Jinliang Ma
- College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471023, China
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Heterogeneous Gold Nanoparticle-Based Catalysts for the Synthesis of Click-Derived Triazoles via the Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reaction. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12010045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A supported gold nanoparticle-catalyzed strategy has been utilized to promote a click chemistry reaction for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles via the azide-alkyne cycloaddition (AAC) reaction. While the advent of effective non-copper catalysts (i.e., Ru, Ag, Ir) has demonstrated the catalysis of the AAC reaction, additional robust catalytic systems complementary to the copper catalyzed AAC remain in high demand. Herein, Au nanoparticles supported on Al2O3, Fe2O3, TiO2 and ZnO, along with gold reference catalysts (gold on carbon and gold on titania supplied by the World Gold Council) were used as catalysts for the AAC reaction. The supported Au nanoparticles with metal loadings of 0.7–1.6% (w/w relative to support) were able to selectively obtain 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles in moderate yields up to 79% after 15 min, under microwave irradiation at 150 °C using a 0.5–1.0 mol% catalyst loading through a one-pot three-component (terminal alkyne, organohalide and sodium azide) procedure according to the “click” rules. Among the supported Au catalysts, Au/TiO2 gave the best results.
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Stadnichenko AI, Slavinskaya EM, Fedorova EA, Goncharova DA, Zaikovskii VI, Kardash TY, Svetlichnyi VA, Boronin AI. ACTIVATION OF Au–CeO2 COMPOSITES PREPARED BY PULSED LASER ABLATION IN THE REACTION OF LOW-TEMPERATURE CO OXIDATION. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476621120118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Adhyapak PV, Kasabe AM, Bang AD, Ambekar J, Kulkarni SK. Highly sensitive, room temperature operated gold nanowire-based humidity sensor: adoptable for breath sensing. RSC Adv 2021; 12:1157-1164. [PMID: 35425134 PMCID: PMC8978864 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra07510a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A novel, highly sensitive gold nanowire (AuNW) resistive sensor is reported here for humidity sensing in the relative humidity range of 11% to 92% RH as well as for breath sensing. Both humidity and breath sensors are widely needed. Despite a lot of research on humidity and breath sensors, there is a need for simple, inexpensive, reliable, sensitive and selective sensors, which will operate at room temperature. Here we have synthesized gold nanowires by a simple, wet chemical route. The nanowires synthesized by us are 4–7 nm in diameter and a few micrometers long. The nanowires are amine functionalized. The sensor was prepared by drop casting gold nanowires on an alumina substrate to form a AuNW layer with different thicknesses (10, 20, 30 μm). The AuNW sensor is highly selective towards humidity and shows minimum cross sensitivity towards other gases and organic vapors. At an optimum thickness of 20 μm, the humidity sensing performance of the AuNW sensor over 11% to 92% RH was found to be superior to that of 10 and 30 μm thick layers. The response time of the sensor is found to be 0.2 s and the recovery time is 0.3 s. The response of the AuNW sensor was 3.3 MΩ/% RH. Further, the AuNW sensor was tested for sensing human breathing patterns. A novel, highly sensitive gold nanowire (AuNW) resistive sensor is reported here for humidity sensing in the relative humidity range of 11% to 92% RH as well as for breath sensing.![]()
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- Parag V Adhyapak
- Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) Panchawati Off Pashan Road Pune -411008 India
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- Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) Panchawati Off Pashan Road Pune -411008 India
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- Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) Panchawati Off Pashan Road Pune -411008 India
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- Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) Panchawati Off Pashan Road Pune -411008 India
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- Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) Panchawati Off Pashan Road Pune -411008 India
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Punia B, Chaudhury S, Kolomeisky AB. Understanding the Reaction Dynamics on Heterogeneous Catalysts Using a Simple Stochastic Approach. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:11802-11810. [PMID: 34860518 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Recent experimental advances on investigating nanoparticle catalysts with multiple active sites provided a large amount of quantitative information on catalytic processes. These observations stimulated significant theoretical efforts, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are still not well-understood. We introduce a simple theoretical method to analyze the reaction dynamics on catalysts with multiple active sites based on a discrete-state stochastic description and obtain a comprehensive description of the dynamics of chemical reactions on such catalysts. We explicitly determine how the dynamics of catalyzed chemical reactions depend on the number of active sites, on the number of intermediate chemical transitions, and on the topology of underlying chemical reactions. It is argued that the theory provides quantitative bounds for realistic dynamic properties of catalytic processes that can be directly applied to analyze the experimental observations. In addition, this theoretical approach clarifies several important aspects of the molecular mechanisms of chemical reactions on catalysts.
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- Bhawakshi Punia
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, United States
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Erlich AD, Dogantzis NP, Nubani LA, Trifoi LA, Hodgson GK, Impellizzeri S. Design and engineering of a dual-mode absorption/emission molecular switch for all-optical encryption. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:25152-25161. [PMID: 34730144 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03823k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Photochemical reactions that produce a detectable change in the spectroscopic properties of organic chromophores can be exploited to harness the principles of Boolean algebra and design molecule-based logic circuits. Moreover, the logic processing capabilities of these photoactive molecules can be directed to protect, encode, and conceal information at the molecular level. We have designed a photochemical strategy to read, write and encrypt data in the form of optical signals. We have synthesized a supramolecular system based on the known dye resazurin, and investigated a series of photochemical transformations that can be used to regulate its absorption and emission properties upon illumination with ultraviolet or visible light. We have then examined the logic behaviour of the photochemistry involved, and illustrated its potential application in data encryption.
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- Aaron D Erlich
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada.
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Bao H, Li AY, Kairouz V, Moores A. Ultra-fast Cu-based A3-coupling catalysts: faceted Cu2O microcrystals as efficient catalyst-delivery systems in batch and flow conditions. CAN J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2021-0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cu(I) catalysts were studied for the synthesis of a propargylamine via A3-coupling of aldehyde, amine, and alkyne, under solvent-free and low loading conditions, using batch microwave or flow thermal heating. We explored ultra-low loading conditions with Cu(I) salts as fast and active catalysts featuring turnover frequencies (TOFs) above 105 h−1. Well-defined octahedral and cubic Cu2O microcrystals were also successfully applied and compared with this reaction. Both types of microcrystals exhibited excellent catalytic activities within minutes, via in situ generation of low dose of Cu(I) ions within the reaction medium, to achieve TON beyond 2000 and recycling up to 10 times in a flow reactor. The study of the catalytic system demonstrated that the activity was surface-structure dependent and allowed for the design of low Cu contamination A3-coupling systems, affording a product at the decigram scale, with Cu contamination below FDA recommendations for drug synthesis, without the need for a purification procedure.
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- Huizhi Bao
- Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Department of Chemistry, 1375 Avenue Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal, QC H2V 0B3, Canada
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- Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada
- Department of Materials Engineering, McGill University, 3610 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0C5, Canada
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Gao J, Su H, Wang W. A microwell array-based approach for studying single nanoparticle catalysis with high turnover frequency. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:071101. [PMID: 34418929 DOI: 10.1063/5.0058402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Measuring the catalytical activities of single catalysts in the case of high turnover frequency (TOF, realistic conditions) is highly desirable to accurately evaluate the functional heterogeneities among individuals and to understand the catalytic mechanism. Herein, we report a microwell array-based method to in operando measure the photocatalytic kinetics of single CdS nanoparticles (NPs) with high TOF. This was realized by sealing individual CdS NPs into separated micrometer-sized polydimethylsiloxane wells, thus eliminating the diffusion of products among individuals in the case of high concentration of reactants. This method allowed us to monitor the activities of single catalysts with an average TOF up to 2.1 × 105 s-1. Interestingly, two types of catalytical behaviors were revealed during single CdS photocatalysis: a rapid decline in activity for most CdS NPs and an initial increase in activity followed by a decrease for a minor population of individuals. The developed method will facilitate the investigation of catalytic activities of single particles under realistic conditions and hold great potential in the fields of photo/electro-catalysts, enzymes, functional bacteria, and so on.
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- Jia Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Saha P, Rahman MM, Hill CM. Borohydride oxidation electrocatalysis at individual, shape‐controlled Au nanoparticles. ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202100120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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- Partha Saha
- Department of Chemistry University of Wyoming Laramie Wyoming USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Wyoming Laramie Wyoming USA
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Habib NR, Asedegbega-Nieto E, Taddesse AM, Diaz I. Non-noble MNP@MOF materials: synthesis and applications in heterogeneous catalysis. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:10340-10353. [PMID: 34241616 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt01531a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Transition metals have a long history in heterogeneous catalysis. Noble or precious transition metals have been widely used in this field. The advantage of noble and precious metals is obvious in 'heterogeneous catalysis'. However, the choice of Earth abundant metals is a sustainable alternative due to their abundance and low cost. Preparing these metals in the nanoscale dimension increases their surface area which also increases the catalytic reactions of these materials. Nevertheless, metals are unstable in the nanoparticle form and tend to form aggregates which restrict their applications. Loading metal nanoparticles (MNPs) into highly porous materials is among the many alternatives for combating the unstable nature of the active species. Among porous materials, highly crystalline metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which are an assembly of metal ions/clusters with organic ligands, are the best candidate. MOFs, on their own, possess catalytic activity derived from the linkers and metal ions or clusters. The catalytic properties of both non-noble metal nanoparticles (MNPs) and MOFs can be improved by loading non-noble MNPs in MOFs yielding MNP@MOF composites with a variety of potential applications, given the synergy and based on the nature of the MNP and MOF. Here, we discussed the synthesis of MNP@MOF materials and the applications of non-noble MNP@MOF materials in heterogeneous catalysis.
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Técnica, Facultad de Ciencias, UNED, c/Senda del Rey no. 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, c/Marie Curie 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Shen M, Ding T, Rackers WH, Tan C, Mahmood K, Lew MD, Sadtler B. Single-Molecule Colocalization of Redox Reactions on Semiconductor Photocatalysts Connects Surface Heterogeneity and Charge-Carrier Separation in Bismuth Oxybromide. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:11393-11403. [PMID: 34284584 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The surface structure of semiconductor photocatalysts controls the efficiency of charge-carrier extraction during photocatalytic reactions. However, understanding the connection between surface heterogeneity and the locations where photogenerated charge carriers are preferentially extracted is challenging. Herein we use single-molecule fluorescence imaging to map the spatial distribution of active regions and quantify the activity for both photocatalytic oxidation and reduction reactions on individual bismuth oxybromide (BiOBr) nanoplates. Through a coordinate-based colocalization analysis, we quantify the spatial correlation between the locations where fluorogenic probe molecules are oxidized and reduced on the surface of individual nanoplates. Surprisingly, we observed two distinct photochemical behaviors for BiOBr particles prepared within the same batch, which exhibit either predominantly uncorrelated activity where electrons and holes are extracted from different sites or colocalized activity in which oxidation and reduction take place within the same nanoscale regions. By analyzing the emissive properties of the fluorogenic probes, we propose that electrons and holes colocalize at defect-deficient regions, while defects promote the selective extraction of one carrier type by trapping either electrons or holes. Although previous work has used defect engineering to enhance the activity of bismuth oxyhalides and other semiconductor photocatalysts for useful reductive half-reactions (e.g., CO2 or N2 reduction), our results show that defect-free regions are needed to promote both oxidation and reduction in fuel-generating photocatalysts that do not rely on sacrificial reagents.
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- Meikun Shen
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States.,Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States.,Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Zhang T, Song H, Deng L, Dong C, Ren J. Single-Particle Catalytic Analysis by a Photon Burst Counting Technique Combined with a Microfluidic Chip. Anal Chem 2021; 93:9752-9759. [PMID: 34240602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c01199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Single-particle catalytic analysis plays an important role to understand the catalytic mechanism of nanocatalysts. Currently, some methods are used to study the relationship between single-particle catalytic activity and morphology. However, there is still lack of a simple and rapid analysis method for evaluating the catalytic activity of an individual nanocatalyst that freely moves in solution. Here, we proposed a novel single-particle catalytic analysis method for investigating the catalytic activity of a free nanocatalyst. Its working principle is based on the photon burst counting analysis on fluorescent catalytic products of an individual nanocatalyst combined with a microfluidic chip. In this study, we used the reduction reaction of resazurin (RZ) to resorufin (RF) catalyzed by gold nanoparticles (GNPs) as a model. When nonfluorescent RZ molecules in one microchannel of the microfluidic chip mixed with the GNPs flowing in another channel under the control of flow rates, each individual photon burst from the catalytic product RF by GNPs was measured in real time with a constructed flow single-particle catalytic analysis (SPCA) system. With the method, the obtained intensity of each photon burst reflects the capacity of a particle to catalyze RZ molecules into RF(s). The number of photon burst within sampling time reflects the particle number of GNPs with catalytic activity. The experimental conditions including the mixing mode of the nanocatalyst and the substrate, the flow rate, RZ concentration, and detection time were optimized. Finally, the method was successfully used to study the catalytic activity of GNPs with different sizes and morphologies.
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- Tian Zhang
- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
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- Yi Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun Jilin 130022 China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun Jilin 130022 China
- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 China
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Devasia D, Wilson AJ, Heo J, Mohan V, Jain PK. A rich catalog of C-C bonded species formed in CO 2 reduction on a plasmonic photocatalyst. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2612. [PMID: 33972538 PMCID: PMC8110802 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22868-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The understanding and rational design of heterogeneous catalysts for complex reactions, such as CO2 reduction, requires knowledge of elementary steps and chemical species prevalent on the catalyst surface under operating conditions. Using in situ nanoscale surface-enhanced Raman scattering, we probe the surface of a Ag nanoparticle during plasmon-excitation-driven CO2 reduction in water. Enabled by the high spatiotemporal resolution and surface sensitivity of our method, we detect a rich array of C1-C4 species formed on the photocatalytically active surface. The abundance of multi-carbon compounds, such as butanol, suggests the favorability of kinetically challenging C-C coupling on the photoexcited Ag surface. Another advance of this work is the use of isotope labeling in nanoscale probing, which allows confirmation that detected species are the intermediates and products of the catalytic reaction rather than spurious contaminants. The surface chemical knowledge made accessible by our approach will inform the modeling and engineering of catalysts.
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- Dinumol Devasia
- grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
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- grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA ,grid.266623.50000 0001 2113 1622Present Address: Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY USA
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- grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
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- grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
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- grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA ,grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA ,grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA ,grid.35403.310000 0004 1936 9991Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL USA
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Lin M, Zhou Y, Bu L, Bai C, Tariq M, Wang H, Han J, Huang X, Zhou X. Single-Nanoparticle Coulometry Method with High Sensitivity and High Throughput to Study the Electrochemical Activity and Oscillation of Single Nanocatalysts. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2007302. [PMID: 33719172 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202007302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To explore nanocatalysts with high electro-catalytic performance and less loading of precious metals, efforts have been made to develop electrochemical methods with high spatial resolution at the single nanoparticle level. Herein, a highly sensitive single-nanoparticle coulometry method is successfully developed to study the electrochemical activity and oscillation of single PtTe nanocatalysts. Based on microbattery reactions involving the formic acid electro-oxidation and the deposition of Ag on the single PtTe nanocatalyst surface, this method enables the transition from the undetectable sub-fA electric signal of the formic acid electro-oxidation into strong localized surface plasmon resonance scattering signal of Ag detected by dark-field microscopy. The lowest limiting current for a single nanocatalyst is found to be as low as 25.8 aA. Different trends of activity versus the formic acid concentration and types of activity of the single nanocatalyst have been discovered. Unveiled frequency-amplitude graph shows that the two electrochemical oscillation modes of low frequency with high amplitude and vice versa coexist in a single PtTe nanocatalyst, indicating the abundantly smooth surfaces and defects of nanocatalysts. This conducted study will open up the new avenue for further behavioral and mechanistic investigation of more types of nanocatalysts in the electrochemistry community.
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- Mohan Lin
- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, 215123, China
- Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, China
- School of Materials Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, 215123, China
- Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, 215123, China
- Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, 215123, China
- Division of Advanced Nanomaterials, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, China
- Key Laboratory of Nanodevices and Applications, Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215123, China
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Kang J, Park SJ, Kim JH, Chen P, Sung J. Stochastic Kinetics of Nanocatalytic Systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:126001. [PMID: 33834800 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.126001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Catalytic reaction events occurring on the surface of a nanoparticle constitute a complex stochastic process. Although advances in modern single-molecule experiments enable direct measurements of individual catalytic turnover events occurring on a segment of a single nanoparticle, we do not yet know how to measure the number of catalytic sites in each segment or how the catalytic turnover counting statistics and the catalytic turnover time distribution are related to the microscopic dynamics of catalytic reactions. Here, we address these issues by presenting a stochastic kinetics for nanoparticle catalytic systems. We propose a new experimental measure of the number of catalytic sites in terms of the mean and variance of the catalytic event count. By considering three types of nanocatalytic systems, we investigate how the mean, the variance, and the distribution of the catalytic turnover time depend on the catalytic reaction dynamics, the heterogeneity of catalytic activity, and communication among catalytic sites. This work enables accurate quantitative analyses of single-molecule experiments for nanocatalytic systems and enzymes with multiple catalytic sites.
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- Jingyu Kang
- Creative Research Initiative Center for Chemical Dynamics in Living Cells, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
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- Creative Research Initiative Center for Chemical Dynamics in Living Cells, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
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- Creative Research Initiative Center for Chemical Dynamics in Living Cells, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Creative Research Initiative Center for Chemical Dynamics in Living Cells, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
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Hamans RF, Parente M, Baldi A. Super-Resolution Mapping of a Chemical Reaction Driven by Plasmonic Near-Fields. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:2149-2155. [PMID: 33606941 PMCID: PMC8023696 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Plasmonic nanoparticles have recently emerged as promising photocatalysts for light-driven chemical conversions. Their illumination results in the generation of highly energetic charge carriers, elevated surface temperatures, and enhanced electromagnetic fields. Distinguishing between these often-overlapping processes is of paramount importance for the rational design of future plasmonic photocatalysts. However, the study of plasmon-driven chemical reactions is typically performed at the ensemble level and, therefore, is limited by the intrinsic heterogeneity of the catalysts. Here, we report an in situ single-particle study of a fluorogenic chemical reaction driven solely by plasmonic near-fields. Using super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, we map the position of individual product molecules with an ∼30 nm spatial resolution and demonstrate a clear correlation between the electric field distribution around individual nanoparticles and their super-resolved catalytic activity maps. Our results can be extended to systems with more complex electric field distributions, thereby guiding the design of future advanced photocatalysts.
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- Ruben F. Hamans
- Dutch
Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, De Zaale 20, 5612
AJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dutch
Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, De Zaale 20, 5612
AJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Dutch
Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, De Zaale 20, 5612
AJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Nasrallah H, Min Y, Lerayer E, Nguyen TA, Poinsot D, Roger J, Brandès S, Heintz O, Roblin P, Jolibois F, Poteau R, Coppel Y, Kahn ML, Gerber IC, Axet MR, Serp P, Hierso JC. Nanocatalysts for High Selectivity Enyne Cyclization: Oxidative Surface Reorganization of Gold Sub-2-nm Nanoparticle Networks. JACS AU 2021; 1:187-200. [PMID: 34467283 PMCID: PMC8395676 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.0c00062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (NPs) stabilized in networks by polymantane ligands (diamondoids) were successfully used as precatalysts for highly selective heterogeneous gold-catalyzed dimethyl allyl(propargyl)malonate cyclization to 5-membered conjugated diene. Such reaction usually suffers from selectivity issues with homogeneous catalysts. This control over selectivity further opened the way to one-pot cascade reaction, as illustrated by the 1,6-enyne cycloisomerization-Diels-Alder reaction of dimethyl allyl propargyl malonate with maleic anhydride. The ability to assemble nanoparticles with controllable sizes and shapes within networks concerns research in sensors, medical diagnostics, information storage, and catalysis applications. Herein, the control of the synthesis of sub-2-nm gold NPs is achieved by the formation of dense networks, which are assembled in a single step reaction by employing ditopic polymantanethiols. By using 1,1'-bisadamantane-3,3'-dithiol (BAd-SH) and diamantane-4,9-dithiol (DAd-SH), serving both as bulky surface stabilizers and short-sized linkers, we provide a simple method to form uniformly small gold NPs (1.3 ± 0.2 nm to 1.6 ± 0.3 nm) embedded in rigid frameworks. These NP arrays are organized alongside short interparticular distances ranging from 1.9 to 2.7 nm. The analysis of gold NP surfaces and their modification were achieved in joint experimental and theoretical studies, using notably XPS, NMR, and DFT modeling. Our experimental studies and DFT analyses highlighted the necessary oxidative surface reorganization of individual nanoparticles for an effective enyne cycloisomerization. The modifications at bulky stabilizing ligands allow surface steric decongestion for the alkyne moiety activation but also result in network alteration by overoxidation of sulfurs. Thus, sub-2-nm nanoparticles originating from networks building create convenient conditions for generating reactive Au(I) surface single-sites-in the absence of silver additives-useful for heterogeneous gold-catalyzed enyne cyclization. These nanocatalysts, which as such ease organic products separation, also provide a convenient access for building further polycyclic complexity, owing to their high reactivity and selectivity.
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- Houssein
O. Nasrallah
- Institut
de Chimie Moléculaire de l’Université de Bourgogne
(ICMUB - UMR CNRS 6302), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
(UBFC), 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- LCC-CNRS,
Université de Toulouse, INPT, UPS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Institut
de Chimie Moléculaire de l’Université de Bourgogne
(ICMUB - UMR CNRS 6302), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
(UBFC), 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Institut
de Chimie Moléculaire de l’Université de Bourgogne
(ICMUB - UMR CNRS 6302), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
(UBFC), 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Institut
de Chimie Moléculaire de l’Université de Bourgogne
(ICMUB - UMR CNRS 6302), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
(UBFC), 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Institut
de Chimie Moléculaire de l’Université de Bourgogne
(ICMUB - UMR CNRS 6302), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
(UBFC), 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Institut
de Chimie Moléculaire de l’Université de Bourgogne
(ICMUB - UMR CNRS 6302), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
(UBFC), 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire
Interdisciplinaire Carnot Bourgogne (ICB − UMR CNRS 6303), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (UBFC), 9 avenue Alain Savary 21078, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire
de Génie Chimique and Fédération de Recherche
FERMAT, 4 allée Emile Monso, 31030 Toulouse, France
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- INSA−CNRS−UPS,
LPCNO, Université Fédérale
de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- INSA−CNRS−UPS,
LPCNO, Université Fédérale
de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- LCC-CNRS,
Université de Toulouse, INPT, UPS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- LCC-CNRS,
Université de Toulouse, INPT, UPS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- INSA−CNRS−UPS,
LPCNO, Université Fédérale
de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
- Iann C. Gerber
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- LCC-CNRS,
Université de Toulouse, INPT, UPS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- M. Rosa Axet
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- LCC-CNRS,
Université de Toulouse, INPT, UPS, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
- Philippe Serp
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- Institut
de Chimie Moléculaire de l’Université de Bourgogne
(ICMUB - UMR CNRS 6302), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
(UBFC), 9 avenue Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon Cedex, France
- Jean-Cyrille Hierso
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Ultralow Loading Ruthenium on Alumina Monoliths for Facile, Highly Recyclable Reduction of p-Nitrophenol. Catalysts 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/catal11020165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The pervasive use of toxic nitroaromatics in industrial processes and their prevalence in industrial effluent has motivated the development of remediation strategies, among which is their catalytic reduction to the less toxic and synthetically useful aniline derivatives. While this area of research has a rich history with innumerable examples of active catalysts, the majority of systems rely on expensive precious metals and are submicron- or even a few-nanometer-sized colloidal particles. Such systems provide invaluable academic insight but are unsuitable for practical application. Herein, we report the fabrication of catalysts based on ultralow loading of the semiprecious metal ruthenium on 2–4 mm diameter spherical alumina monoliths. Ruthenium loading is achieved by atomic layer deposition (ALD) and catalytic activity is benchmarked using the ubiquitous para-nitrophenol, NaBH4 aqueous reduction protocol. Recyclability testing points to a very robust catalyst system with intrinsic ease of handling.
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Kuehr S, Kaegi R, Maletzki D, Schlechtriem C. Testing the bioaccumulation potential of manufactured nanomaterials in the freshwater amphipod Hyalella azteca. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:127961. [PMID: 32829223 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Standardized experimental approaches for the quantification of the bioaccumulation potential of nanomaterials in general and in (benthic) invertebrates in particular are currently lacking. We examined the suitability of the benthic freshwater amphipod Hyalella azteca for the examination of the bioaccumulation potential of nanomaterials. A flow-through test system that allows the generation of bioconcentration and biomagnification factors was applied. The feasibility of the system was confirmed in a 2-lab comparison study. By carrying out bioconcentration and biomagnification studies with gold, titanium dioxide and silver nanoparticles as well as dissolved silver (AgNO3) we were able to assess the bioaccumulation potential of different types of nanomaterials and their exposure pathways. For this, the animals were examined for their total metal body burden using inductively coupled mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) and for the presence of nanoparticulate burdens using single-particle ICP-MS. The role of released ions was highlighted as being very important for the bioavailability and bioaccumulation of metals from nanoparticles for both examined uptake paths examined (bioconcentration and biomagnification). In 2018 a tiered testing strategy for engineered nanomaterials was proposed by Handy et al. that may allow a waiver of bioaccumulation fish studies using inter alia invertebrates. Data gained in studies carried out with invertebrates like the developed Hyalella azteca test may be included in this proposed tiered testing strategy.
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- Sebastian Kuehr
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Schmallenberg, Germany; Department Chemistry and Biology, "Ecotoxicology" Work Group, University of Siegen, Germany
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- German Environment Agency, 12307, Berlin-Marienfelde, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Schmallenberg, Germany; Department Chemistry and Biology, "Ecotoxicology" Work Group, University of Siegen, Germany; Institute of Environmental Research (Biology V), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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Nishio H, Miura H, Kamata K, Shishido T. Deposition of highly dispersed gold nanoparticles onto metal phosphates by deposition–precipitation with aqueous ammonia. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy01627j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Deposition–precipitation with aqueous ammonia enabled small gold nanoparticles to be deposited onto a series of metal phosphates with high dispersity and density.
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- Hidenori Nishio
- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
- Research Center for Hydrogen Energy-based Society, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan
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- Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, 226-8503, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
- Research Center for Hydrogen Energy-based Society, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan
- Research Center for Gold Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan
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Tiwari M, Ramachandran C. Hydracyanation of acetylene on carbon intercalated gold clusters: Co-operativity and site specificity. Chem Phys Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.138059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Understanding the induction time associated with the photoredution of resazurin by hydroxylamine in the presence of gold nanoparticles as a photocatalyst. REACTION KINETICS MECHANISMS AND CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11144-020-01875-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Single Particle Approaches to Plasmon-Driven Catalysis. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10122377. [PMID: 33260302 PMCID: PMC7761459 DOI: 10.3390/nano10122377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Plasmonic nanoparticles have recently emerged as a promising platform for photocatalysis thanks to their ability to efficiently harvest and convert light into highly energetic charge carriers and heat. The catalytic properties of metallic nanoparticles, however, are typically measured in ensemble experiments. These measurements, while providing statistically significant information, often mask the intrinsic heterogeneity of the catalyst particles and their individual dynamic behavior. For this reason, single particle approaches are now emerging as a powerful tool to unveil the structure-function relationship of plasmonic nanocatalysts. In this Perspective, we highlight two such techniques based on far-field optical microscopy: surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. We first discuss their working principles and then show how they are applied to the in-situ study of catalysis and photocatalysis on single plasmonic nanoparticles. To conclude, we provide our vision on how these techniques can be further applied to tackle current open questions in the field of plasmonic chemistry.
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Keßler S, González-Rubio G, Reinalter ER, Kovermann M, Cölfen H. Synthesis of nickel hexacyanoferrate nanocubes with tuneable dimensions via temperature-controlled Ni 2+-citrate complexation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:14439-14442. [PMID: 33146182 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04628k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The citrate-assisted growth of nickel hexacyanoferrate (NiHCF) nanocubes was investigated. Control over the complexation of Ni2+ ions with citrate at different temperatures enabled fine tuning of the nanocrystal (NC) dimensions and their self-assembly into mesocrystals. Our results introduce new concepts towards the synthesis of NiHCF NCs, potentially applicable to other members of the Prussian blue analogues family.
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- Sascha Keßler
- Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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Gehlen MH, Foltran LS, Kienle DF, Schwartz DK. Single-Molecule Observations Provide Mechanistic Insights into Bimolecular Knoevenagel Amino Catalysis. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:9714-9724. [PMID: 33136415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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While single-molecule (SM) methods have provided new insights to various catalytic processes, bimolecular reactions have been particularly challenging to study. Here, the fluorogenic Knoevenagel condensation of an aromatic aldehyde with methyl cyanoacetate promoted by surface-immobilized piperazine is quantitatively characterized using super-resolution fluorescence imaging and stochastic analysis using hidden Markov modeling (HMM). Notably, the SM results suggest that the reaction follows the iminium intermediate pathway before the formation of a fluorescent product with intramolecular charge-transfer character. Moreover, the overall process is limited by the turnover rate of the catalyst, which is involved in multiple steps along the reaction coordinate.
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- Marcelo H Gehlen
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, 13566-590 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, 13566-590 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Bose P, Chakraborty P, Mohanty JS, Ray Chowdhuri A, Khatun E, Ahuja T, Mahendranath A, Pradeep T. Atom transfer between precision nanoclusters and polydispersed nanoparticles: a facile route for monodisperse alloy nanoparticles and their superstructures. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:22116-22128. [PMID: 33118573 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr04033a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Reactions between atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters (NCs) have been studied widely in the recent past, but such processes between NCs and plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) have not been explored earlier. For the first time, we demonstrate spontaneous reactions between an atomically precise NC, Au25(PET)18 (PET = 2-phenylethanethiol), and polydispersed silver NPs with an average diameter of 4 nm and protected with PET, resulting in alloy NPs under ambient conditions. These reactions were specific to the nature of the protecting ligands as no reaction was observed between the Au25(SBB)18 NC (SBB = 4-(tert-butyl)benzyl mercaptan) and the very same silver NPs. The mechanism involves an interparticle exchange of the metal and ligand species where the metal-ligand interface plays a vital role in controlling the reaction. The reaction proceeds through transient Au25-xAgx(PET)n alloy cluster intermediates as observed in time-dependent electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI MS). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) analysis of the resulting dispersion showed the transformation of polydispersed silver NPs into highly monodisperse gold-silver alloy NPs which assembled to form 2-dimensional superlattices. Using NPs of other average sizes (3 and 8 nm), we demonstrated that size plays an important role in the reactivity as observed in ESI MS and HRTEM.
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- Paulami Bose
- DST Unit of Nanoscience (DST UNS) and Thematic Unit of Excellence (TUE), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India.
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Patra D, Nalluri SR, Tan HR, Saifullah MSM, Ganesan R, Gopalan B. New gold standard: weakly capped infant Au nanoclusters with record high catalytic activity for 4-nitrophenol reduction and hydrogen generation from an ammonia borane-sodium borohydride mixture. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:5384-5395. [PMID: 36132016 PMCID: PMC9417437 DOI: 10.1039/d0na00639d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Increasing the surface area-to-volume ratio of materials through size reduction is a desired approach to access maximum possible surface sites in applications such as catalysis. However, increase in the surface energy with the decrease in dimension warrants strong ligands to stabilize nanosystems, which mask the accessibility of the active surface sites. Owing to this, the realization of the true potential of a catalyst's surface remains challenging. Here, we employed a rationally designed strategy to synthesize infant Au nanoclusters-that alleviates the requirement of any separate ligand removal step-to unleash their actual potential to register a record high maximum turn-over frequency (TOFmax) of 72 900 h-1 and 65 500 h-1 in the benchmark catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol and catalytic H2 generation from an ammonia borane-sodium borohydride mixture, respectively. Such a phenomenal catalytic activity has been realized via the synthesis and stabilization of Au nanoclusters using solid citric acid and a super-concentrated aqueous AuCl3 solution, a pathway entirely different from the conventional modifications of the Turkevich and Brust methods. The crux of the synthetic strategy lies in precise control of the water content and thereby ensuring that the final Au nanoclusters remain in the solid state. During the synthesis, citric acid not only acts as a reducing agent to yield 'infant' Au nanoclusters but also provides a barrier matrix to arrest their growth. In solution, its weak capping ability and rapid dissolution allows the reactants to easily access the active sites of Au nanoclusters, thus leading to faster catalysis. Our study reveals that the true potential of metal nanoclusters as catalysts is actually far higher than what has been reported in the literature.
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- Dinabandhu Patra
- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal Hyderabad-500078 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal Hyderabad-500078 India
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, ASTAR (Agency for Science, Technology, and Research) 2 Fusionopolis Way, #08-03 Innovis Singapore 138634 Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, ASTAR (Agency for Science, Technology, and Research) 2 Fusionopolis Way, #08-03 Innovis Singapore 138634 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal Hyderabad-500078 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal Hyderabad-500078 India
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Carabineiro SA, Ribeiro AP, Buijnsters JG, Avalos-Borja M, Pombeiro AJ, Figueiredo JL, Martins LM. Solvent-free oxidation of 1-phenylethanol catalysed by gold nanoparticles supported on carbon powder materials. Catal Today 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.06.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Lou-Franco J, Das B, Elliott C, Cao C. Gold Nanozymes: From Concept to Biomedical Applications. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2020; 13:10. [PMID: 34138170 PMCID: PMC8187695 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-020-00532-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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In recent years, gold nanoparticles have demonstrated excellent enzyme-mimicking activities which resemble those of peroxidase, oxidase, catalase, superoxide dismutase or reductase. This, merged with their ease of synthesis, tunability, biocompatibility and low cost, makes them excellent candidates when compared with biological enzymes for applications in biomedicine or biochemical analyses. Herein, over 200 research papers have been systematically reviewed to present the recent progress on the fundamentals of gold nanozymes and their potential applications. The review reveals that the morphology and surface chemistry of the nanoparticles play an important role in their catalytic properties, as well as external parameters such as pH or temperature. Yet, real applications often require specific biorecognition elements to be immobilized onto the nanozymes, leading to unexpected positive or negative effects on their activity. Thus, rational design of efficient nanozymes remains a challenge of paramount importance. Different implementation paths have already been explored, including the application of peroxidase-like nanozymes for the development of clinical diagnostics or the regulation of oxidative stress within cells via their catalase and superoxide dismutase activities. The review also indicates that it is essential to understand how external parameters may boost or inhibit each of these activities, as more than one of them could coexist. Likewise, further toxicity studies are required to ensure the applicability of gold nanozymes in vivo. Current challenges and future prospects of gold nanozymes are discussed in this review, whose significance can be anticipated in a diverse range of fields beyond biomedicine, such as food safety, environmental analyses or the chemical industry.
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- Javier Lou-Franco
- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
- Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela, India
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University of Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK.
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Chang Y, Gao S, Liu M, Liu J. Designing signal-on sensors by regulating nanozyme activity. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2020; 12:4708-4723. [PMID: 32990706 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay01625j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nanozymes are nanomaterials with enzyme-like activities. Compared to natural enzymes, nanozymes are more stable and cost-effective, and they have unique properties due to their nanoscale size and surface chemistry. In this review, we summarize 'signal-on' nanozyme-based sensors for detecting metal ions, anions, small molecules and proteins. Since protein-based enzymes are already highly active, they were used to detect their inhibitors, resulting in 'signal-off' sensors. On the other hand, for nanozymes, target molecules were detected either as a promotor of nanozyme activity or for its ability to selectively remove nanozyme inhibitors. In both cases, 'signal-on' detection was achieved. We classify the commonly used nanozymes based on their composition such as metal oxide, gold nanoparticles and other nanomaterials, most of which belong to the oxidase, peroxidase and catalase mimics. The nanozymes can catalyze the oxidation of colorless or non-fluorescent substrates to produce a visual or fluorescent signal. Based on this, this article presents some typical 'turn-on' and 'turn-off-on' sensors, and we critically review their design principles. At the end, further perspectives for the nanozyme-based sensors are outlined.
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- Yangyang Chang
- School of Environmental Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education), Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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Das T, Singha D, Nandi M. The big effect of a small change: formation of CuO nanoparticles instead of covalently bound Cu(ii) over functionalized mesoporous silica and its impact on catalytic efficiency. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:10138-10155. [PMID: 32662469 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01922d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Two different heterogeneous catalysts, one with Cu(ii) covalently bonded to functionalized mesoporous silica (FMS-Cu(II)) and another with CuO nanoparticles immobilized over the same silica (FMS-CuO-np), have been synthesized by a common route but with a minor alteration in the sequence of addition of reagents. It is interesting to find that by merely changing the order of the addition of reagents Cu(ii) can be incorporated into the framework in two different forms. In one case Cu(ii) binds to the N and O donor centers present in the functionalized material whereas in the other case CuO nanoparticles are generated in situ. The materials have been thoroughly characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption/desorption, transmission electron microscopy, thermal analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy, solid state MAS-NMR spectroscopy and atomic absorption spectrophotometric studies. The synthesized products have been examined for their catalytic efficiencies in the oxidation of olefins, as a model case. Styrene, α-methyl styrene, cyclohexene, trans-stilbene and cyclooctene have been used as substrates in the presence of tert-butyl hydroperoxide as the oxidant in acetonitrile medium under mild conditions. The products of the catalytic reactions have been identified and estimated by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The rate of conversion of the substrates for both the catalysts is high and the selectivity is also good. But from comparative studies, it is found that FMS-CuO-np which contains CuO nanoparticles shows better efficiency than FMS-Cu(II). The catalysts have been recycled for five catalytic cycles without showing much decrease in their catalytic activity.
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- Trisha Das
- Integrated Science Education and Research Centre, Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan 731 235, India.
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Xiao Y, Hong J, Wang X, Chen T, Hyeon T, Xu W. Revealing Kinetics of Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction at Single-Molecule Level. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:13201-13209. [PMID: 32628842 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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By combining single-molecule fluorescence microscopy with traditional electrochemical methods, herein we report on the investigation of the electrocatalytic kinetics of two-electron (2e) pathway of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on a single Fe3O4 nanoparticle. The kinetic parameters for two-electron ORR process are successfully derived at the single-particle level, and a potential dependence of dynamic heterogeneity among individual nanoparticles is revealed. Furthermore, the performance stability of individual Fe3O4 nanoparticles for 2e ORR process is studied. This study deepens our understanding to the electrocatalytic ORR process, especially the 2e pathway at single-molecule and single-particle levels.
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- Yi Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui 230026, China
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.,School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.,School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Physics-Biophysics, Georg-August- Universität, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.,School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.,University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui 230026, China
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Andraos C, Yu IJ, Gulumian M. Interference: A Much-Neglected Aspect in High-Throughput Screening of Nanoparticles. Int J Toxicol 2020; 39:397-421. [PMID: 32672081 DOI: 10.1177/1091581820938335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Despite several studies addressing nanoparticle (NP) interference with conventional toxicity assay systems, it appears that researchers still rely heavily on these assays, particularly for high-throughput screening (HTS) applications in order to generate "big" data for predictive toxicity approaches. Moreover, researchers often overlook investigating the different types of interference mechanisms as the type is evidently dependent on the type of assay system implemented. The approaches implemented in the literature appear to be not adequate as it often addresses only one type of interference mechanism with the exclusion of others. For example, interference of NPs that have entered cells would require intracellular assessment of their interference with fluorescent dyes, which has so far been neglected. The present study investigated the mechanisms of interference of gold NPs and silver NPs in assay systems implemented in HTS including optical interference as well as adsorption or catalysis. The conventional assays selected cover all optical read-out systems, that is, absorbance (XTT toxicity assay), fluorescence (CytoTox-ONE Homogeneous membrane integrity assay), and luminescence (CellTiter Glo luminescent assay). Furthermore, this study demonstrated NP quenching of fluorescent dyes also used in HTS (2',7'-dichlorofluorescein, propidium iodide, and 5,5',6,6'-tetrachloro-1,1',3,3'-tetraethyl-benzamidazolocarbocyanin iodide). To conclude, NP interference is, as such, not a novel concept, however, ignoring this aspect in HTS may jeopardize attempts in predictive toxicology. It should be mandatory to report the assessment of all mechanisms of interference within HTS, as well as to confirm results with label-free methodologies to ensure reliable big data generation for predictive toxicology.
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- Charlene Andraos
- Toxicology Department, 71899National Institute for Occupational Health, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- HCTm CO, LTD, Majang-myeon, Icheon, South Korea
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- Toxicology Department, 71899National Institute for Occupational Health, Johannesburg, South Africa.,Haematology and Molecular Medicine Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Shen M, Ding T, Luo J, Tan C, Mahmood K, Wang Z, Zhang D, Mishra R, Lew MD, Sadtler B. Competing Activation and Deactivation Mechanisms in Photodoped Bismuth Oxybromide Nanoplates Probed by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Imaging. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:5219-5227. [PMID: 32516535 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Oxygen vacancies in semiconductor photocatalysts play several competing roles, serving to both enhance light absorption and charge separation of photoexcited carriers as well as act as recombination centers for their deactivation. In this Letter, we show that single-molecule fluorescence imaging of a chemically activated fluorogenic probe can be used to monitor changes in the photocatalytic activity of bismuth oxybromide (BiOBr) nanoplates in situ during the light-induced formation of oxygen vacancies. We observe that the specific activities of individual nanoplates for the photocatalytic reduction of resazurin first increase and then progressively decrease under continuous laser irradiation. Ensemble structural characterization, supported by electronic-structure calculations, shows that irradiation increases the concentration of surface oxygen vacancies in the nanoplates, reduces Bi ions, and creates donor defect levels within the band gap of the semiconductor particles. These combined changes first enhance photocatalytic activity by increasing light absorption at visible wavelengths. However, high concentrations of oxygen vacancies lower the photocatalytic activity both by introducing new relaxation pathways that promote charge recombination before photoexcited electrons can be extracted and by weakening binding of resazurin to the surface of the nanoplates.
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- Meikun Shen
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Li F, Zhou H, Fan J, Xiang Q. Amine-functionalized graphitic carbon nitride decorated with small-sized Au nanoparticles for photocatalytic CO2 reduction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 570:11-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.02.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mac Fhionnlaoich N, Guldin S. Information Entropy as a Reliable Measure of Nanoparticle Dispersity. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2020; 32:3701-3706. [PMID: 32581425 PMCID: PMC7304839 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Nanoparticle size impacts properties vital to applications ranging from drug delivery to diagnostics and catalysis. As such, evaluating nanoparticle size dispersity is of fundamental importance. Conventional approaches, such as standard deviation, usually require the nanoparticle population to follow a known distribution and are ill-equipped to deal with highly poly- or heterodisperse populations. Herein, we propose the use of information entropy as an alternative and assumption-free method for describing nanoparticle size distributions. This measure works equally well for mono-, poly-, and heterodisperse populations and represents an unbiased route to evaluation and optimization of nanoparticle synthesis. We provide intuitive software tools for analysis and supply guidelines for interpretation with respect to known standards.
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Bio-synthesized palladium nanoparticles using alginate for catalytic degradation of azo-dyes. Chin J Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Zhang Y, Li S, Liu H, Long W, Zhang XD. Enzyme-Like Properties of Gold Clusters for Biomedical Application. Front Chem 2020; 8:219. [PMID: 32309272 PMCID: PMC7145988 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In recent years, the rapid development of nanoscience and technology has provided a new opportunity for the development and preparation of new inorganic enzymes. Nanozyme is a new generation of artificial mimetic enzyme, which like natural enzymes, can efficiently catalyze the substrate of enzyme under mild conditions, exhibiting catalytic efficiency, and enzymatic reaction kinetics similar to natural enzymes. However, nanozymes exist better stability than native enzymes, it can still maintain 85 % catalytic activity in strong acid and alkali (pH 2~10) or large temperature range (4~90°C). This provides conditions for designing complex catalytic systems. In this review, we discussed the enzymatic attributes and biomedical applications of gold nanoclusters, including peroxidase-like, catalase-like, detection of heavy metal ions, and therapy of brain and cancer etc. This review can help us understand the current research status nanozymes.
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- Yunguang Zhang
- School of Science, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an, China
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- School of Science, Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Physics and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, School of Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Physics and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials Physics and Preparing Technology, School of Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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Chakraborti S, Lin TY, Glatt S, Heddle JG. Enzyme encapsulation by protein cages. RSC Adv 2020; 10:13293-13301. [PMID: 35492120 PMCID: PMC9051456 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra10983h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Protein cages are hollow protein shells with a nanometric cavity that can be filled with useful materials. The encapsulating nature of the cages means that they are particularly attractive for loading with biological macromolecules, affording the guests protection in conditions where they may be degraded. Given the importance of proteins in both industrial and all cellular processes, encapsulation of functional protein cargoes, particularly enzymes, are of high interest both for in vivo diagnostic and therapeutic use as well as for ex vivo applications. Increasing knowledge of protein cage structures at high resolution along with recent advances in producing artificial protein cages means that they can now be designed with various attachment chemistries on their internal surfaces - a useful tool for cargo capture. Here we review the different available attachment strategies that have recently been successfully demonstrated for enzyme encapsulation in protein cages and consider their future potential.
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- Soumyananda Chakraborti
- Bionanoscience and Biochemistry Laboratory, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University Krakow 30-387 Poland
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- Max Planck Research Group, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University Krakow 30-387 Poland
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- Max Planck Research Group, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University Krakow 30-387 Poland
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- Bionanoscience and Biochemistry Laboratory, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University Krakow 30-387 Poland
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Chaudhury S, Singh D, Kolomeisky AB. Theoretical Investigations of the Dynamics of Chemical Reactions on Nanocatalysts with Multiple Active Sites. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:2330-2335. [PMID: 32125856 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Recent synthetic advances led to the development of new catalytic particles with well-defined atomic structures and multiple active sites, which are called nanocatalysts. Experimental studies of processes at nanocatalysts uncovered a variety of surprising effects, but the molecular mechanisms of these phenomena remain not well understood. We propose a theoretical method to investigate the dynamics of chemical reactions on catalytic particles with multiple active sites. It is based on a discrete-state stochastic description that allows us to explicitly evaluate dynamic properties of the system. It is found that for independently occurring chemical reactions, the mean turnover times are inversely proportional to the number of active sites, showing no stochastic effects. However, the molecular details of reactions and the number of active sites influence the higher moments of reaction times. Our theoretical method provides a way to quantify the molecular mechanisms of processes at nanocatalysts.
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- Srabanti Chaudhury
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, Maharashtra 411008, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, United States
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Cavell AC, Krasecki VK, Li G, Sharma A, Sun H, Thompson MP, Forman CJ, Guo SY, Hickman RJ, Parrish KA, Aspuru-Guzik A, Cronin L, Gianneschi NC, Goldsmith RH. Optical monitoring of polymerizations in droplets with high temporal dynamic range. Chem Sci 2020; 11:2647-2656. [PMID: 34084323 PMCID: PMC8157680 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05559b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The ability to optically monitor a chemical reaction and generate an in situ readout is an important enabling technology, with applications ranging from the monitoring of reactions in flow, to the critical assessment step for combinatorial screening, to mechanistic studies on single reactant and catalyst molecules. Ideally, such a method would be applicable to many polymers and not require only a specific monomer for readout. It should also be applicable if the reactions are carried out in microdroplet chemical reactors, which offer a route to massive scalability in combinatorial searches. We describe a convenient optical method for monitoring polymerization reactions, fluorescence polarization anisotropy monitoring, and show that it can be applied in a robotically generated microdroplet. Further, we compare our method to an established optical reaction monitoring scheme, the use of Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) dyes, and find the two monitoring schemes offer sensitivity to different temporal regimes of the polymerization, meaning that the combination of the two provides an increased temporal dynamic range. Anisotropy is sensitive at early times, suggesting it will be useful for detecting new polymerization "hits" in searches for new reactivity, while the AIE dye responds at longer times, suggesting it will be useful for detecting reactions capable of reaching higher molecular weights.
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- Andrew C Cavell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1101 University Avenue Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1101 University Avenue Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow Joseph Black Building, University Avenue Glasgow Scotland G12 8QQ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 3H6 Canada
- Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto 40 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 2E4 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 3H6 Canada
- Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto 40 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 2E4 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1101 University Avenue Madison WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto 80 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 3H6 Canada
- Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto 40 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 2E4 Canada
- Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Senior Fellow Toronto Ontario M5S 1M1 Canada
- CIFAR Artificial Intelligence Chair, Vector Institute Toronto Ontario M5S 1M1 Canada
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow Joseph Black Building, University Avenue Glasgow Scotland G12 8QQ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1101 University Avenue Madison WI 53706 USA
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Joo SH, Bae JW, Park WY, Shimada Y, Wada T, Kim HS, Takeuchi A, Konno TJ, Kato H, Okulov IV. Beating Thermal Coarsening in Nanoporous Materials via High-Entropy Design. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1906160. [PMID: 31799755 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201906160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Controlling the feature sizes of 3D bicontinuous nanoporous (3DNP) materials is essential for their advanced applications in catalysis, sensing, energy systems, etc., requiring high specific surface area. However, the intrinsic coarsening of nanoporous materials naturally reduces their surface energy leading to the deterioration of physical properties over time, even at ambient temperatures. A novel 3DNP material beating the universal relationship of thermal coarsening is reported via high-entropy alloy (HEA) design. In newly developed TiVNbMoTa 3DNP HEAs, the nanoporous structure is constructed by very fine nanoscale ligaments of a solid-solution phase due to enhanced phase stability by maximizing the configuration entropy and suppressed surface diffusion. The smallest size of 3DNP HEA synthesized at 873 K is about 10 nm, which is one order of magnitude smaller than that of conventional porous materials. More importantly, the yield strength of ligament in 3DNP HEA approaches its theoretical strength of G/2π of the corresponding HEA alloy even after thermal exposure. This finding signifies the key benefit of high-entropy design in nanoporous materials-exceptional stability of size-related physical properties. This high-entropy strategy should thus open new opportunities for developing ultrastable nanomaterials against its environment.
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- Soo-Hyun Joo
- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Pohang, 37673, South Korea
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku 6-6-01-2, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
- Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Badgasteiner Str. 1, 2, Bremen, 8359, Germany
- Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering - IWT, Badgasteiner Str. 3, Bremen, 28359, Germany
- Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia
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Yuan Y, Sun L, Wu G, Yuan Y, Zhan W, Wang X, Han X. Engineering Nickel/Palladium Heterojunctions for Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane: Improving the Catalytic Performance with 3D Mesoporous Structures and External Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Layers. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:2104-2110. [PMID: 31942798 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Yusheng Yuan
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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