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Vol. 12 (2020)

Tuning Atomically Dispersed Fe Sites in Metal–Organic Frameworks Boosts Peroxidase-Like Activity for Sensitive Biosensing

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00520-3
Weiqing Xu
Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
Yikun Kang
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, People’s Republic of China
Lei Jiao
Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
Yu Wu
Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
Hongye Yan
Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
Jinli Li
Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
Wenling Gu
Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
Weiyu Song
State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, People’s Republic of China
Chengzhou Zhu
Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Weiyu Song

songwy@cup.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 184

Abstract

Although nanozymes have been widely developed, accurate design of highly active sites at the atomic level to mimic the electronic and geometrical structure of enzymes and the exploration of underlying mechanisms still face significant challenges. Herein, two functional groups with opposite electron modulation abilities (nitro and amino) were introduced into the metal–organic frameworks (MIL-101(Fe)) to tune the atomically dispersed metal sites and thus regulate the enzyme-like activity. Notably, the functionalization of nitro can enhance the peroxidase (POD)-like activity of MIL-101(Fe), while the amino is poles apart. Theoretical calculations demonstrate that the introduction of nitro can not only regulate the geometry of adsorbed intermediates but also improve the electronic structure of metal active sites. Benefiting from both geometric and electronic effects, the nitro-functionalized MIL-101(Fe) with a low reaction energy barrier for the HO* formation exhibits a superior POD-like activity. As a concept of the application, a nitro-functionalized MIL-101(Fe)-based biosensor was elaborately applied for the sensitive detection of acetylcholinesterase activity in the range of 0.2–50 mU mL−1 with a limit of detection of 0.14 mU mL−1. Moreover, the detection of organophosphorus pesticides was also achieved. This work not only opens up new prospects for the rational design of highly active nanozymes at the atomic scale but also enhances the performance of nanozyme-based biosensors.


Highlights
1 The two functional groups (nitro and amino) were introduced into MIL-101(Fe) for tuning the atomically dispersed metal active sites.
2 Benefiting from both geometric and electronic effects, the nitro-functionalized MIL-101(Fe) shows a superior electronic structure of active sites and low reaction energy barrier for the HO* formation.
3 Nitro-functionalized MIL-101(Fe)-based biosensor was successfully employed to detect acetylcholinesterase activity and organophosphorus pesticide.

Keywords

Nanozymes Metal–organic frameworks Atomically dispersed sites Peroxidase-like activity Biosensors
Xu, Weiqing, Yikun Kang, Lei Jiao, Yu Wu, Hongye Yan, Jinli Li, Wenling Gu, Weiyu Song, and Chengzhou Zhu. 2020. “Tuning Atomically Dispersed Fe Sites in Metal–Organic Frameworks Boosts Peroxidase-Like Activity for Sensitive Biosensing”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (September):184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00520-3.
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