Amalgamation of DNAzymes and Nanozymes in a Coronazyme

L Zuo, K Ren, X Guo, P Pokhrel, B Pokhrel… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Artificial enzymes such as nanozymes and DNAzymes are economical and stable
alternatives to natural enzymes. By coating Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) with a DNA corona …

Single-molecule fluorescence imaging of photocatalytic nanomaterials

S Zhang, D Fan, Q Yan, Y Lu, D Wu, B Fu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic nanomaterials can interact with light intensively to drive catalytic reactions,
which has emerged as a novel class of catalysts for sustainability applications for mitigating …

Strategies for Overcoming the Single-Molecule Concentration Barrier

DS White, MA Smith, B Chanda… - ACS Measurement …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Fluorescence-based single-molecule approaches have helped revolutionize our
understanding of chemical and biological mechanisms. Unfortunately, these methods are …

Chemical Transformations in Supramolecular Hydrogels

N Das, C Maity - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Time and again, nature utilizes the available building blocks for the preparation of molecules
and ordered architectures for vital processes such as cell motility and intercellular transport …

Combining benzyl alcohol oxidation saturation kinetics and Hammett studies as mechanistic tools for examining supported metal catalysts

A Mahdavi-Shakib, J Sempel, L Babb, A Oza… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Understanding and quantifying how the active sites in supported metal catalysts can be
modified are critical for rationally designing catalysts. This problem is particularly complex …

Computational investigation of the role of active site heterogeneity for a supported organovanadium (iii) hydrogenation catalyst

P Patel, RH Wells, DM Kaphan, M Delferro… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A crucial consideration for supported heterogeneous catalysts is the nonuniformity of the
active sites, particularly for supported organometallic catalysts. Standard spectroscopic …

Hurry up and wait: Managing the inherent mismatches in time scales in natural and artificial photosynthetic systems

FA Houle, J Yano, JW Ager - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Because single catalysts cannot selectively convert CO2 into a specific reduced product
more complex than CO either electrochemically or photoelectrochemically, an alternative is …

Single-molecule kinetics of styrene hydrogenation on silica-supported vanadium: The role of disorder for single-atom catalysts

RH Wells, S An, P Patel, C Liu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A theoretical approach for the study of supported atom catalysis is developed based on
recent advances in the study of single-molecule kinetics. This view is particularly useful in …

Single-molecule mapping of catalytic reactions on heterostructures

Y Chen, Z Li, X Huang, G Lu, W Huang - Nano Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the synergistic effect, heterostructure-based nanocatalysts usually possess higher
catalytic performance; therefore, much attention has been attracted in this filed. To …

Understanding the reaction dynamics on heterogeneous catalysts using a simple stochastic approach

B Punia, S Chaudhury… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent experimental advances on investigating nanoparticle catalysts with multiple active
sites provided a large amount of quantitative information on catalytic processes. These …