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Sustainable nanozymes: recent trends and future directions

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Anionic clay-based nanozymes: Interfacial regulation, structural design and functional applications

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A review on waste derived carbon nanozyme: An emerging catalytic material for monitoring and degrading environmental pollutants

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Organic-Dominated Nanozymes for Pesticide Detection: Toward Sustainable Agricultural Monitoring

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Polymer-Assisted Engineering of Copper Peroxide Nanozymes with Enhanced Laccase-like Activity for Sensing Applications

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Nanozyme‐Enabled Biomedical Diagnosis: Advances, Trends, and Challenges

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Fluorescent nanozymes: Emerging versatile materials advancing analytical chemistry

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A critical evaluation of nanoparticles and biochar in microplastics remediation in soil

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Ligand density-optimized peroxidase-like activity of gold nanoclusters for colorimetric sensing of biothiols and acetylcholinesterase

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Advances and Future Trends in Nanozyme-Based SERS Sensors for Food Safety, Environmental and Biomedical Applications

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Machine-Learning-Assisted Nanozyme-Based Sensor Arrays: Construction, Empowerment, and Applications

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Nanozymes: Promising frontiers in detection and nanoremediation of environmental pollutants

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Nanozyme-based therapeutics: bridging catalysis and nanomedicine

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Recent advances in crystalline porous framework-derived Nanozymes for emerging chemical contaminants remediation

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CoNi-MOF laccase-like nanozymes prepared by dielectric barrier discharge plasma for treatment of antibiotic pollution

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Dual-mode nanozyme-hydrogel platform for on-site multi-target detection of biomarkers and hazardous substances

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Loofah-Inspired CuS/Fe3O4@BC nanozyme: A multifunctional platform for mercury(II) detection, visual biosensing, and dye degradation

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Investigation on the Peroxidase‐Like Activity of Co3O4 Nanoparticles Adsorbed with Diverse DNA

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Multifunctional cerium nanolabels in electrochemical immunosensing with improved robustness and performance: determination of TIM-1 in colorectal cancer scenarios as a case study

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Progress in antibacterial applications of nanozymes

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CoMnOx Nanoflower-Based Smartphone Sensing Platform and Virtual Reality Display for Colorimetric Detection of Ziram and Cu2+

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Eu-Ce commensalism: A dual-functional nanozyme with enhanced peroxidase-like activity for the ultrasensitive and specific detection of phosphate ions

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Coordination Number Regulation of Iron Single‐Atom Nanozyme for Enhancing H2O2 Activation and Selectively Eliminating Cephalosporin Antibiotics

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Organic Polymer-Based C-A-Fe Nanozyme for Dual-Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Hg2+ and Cr6+

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Molecular Imprinting‐Involving Highly Selective Tetracycline Detection Platform Based on Mn2V2O7 with Excellent Oxidase‐Mimicking Activity

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Carbon-based nanozymes: design, catalytic mechanisms, and environmental applications

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Recent trends and sources of lead toxicity: a review of state-of-the-art nano-remediation strategies

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Laccase-Inspired Single-Atom Fe–N4 Nanozymes for Pollutant Degradation and Lignin Valorization

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Enhanced oxidoreductase activity of diatom frustule supported Fe3O4 for sensitive colorimetric detection of Cr(VI)

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Synthesis of Iron and Cobalt Oxide Nanocatalysts with Various Molar Ratios and Their Application for Antibiotic Removal from Aqueous Solutions

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A Programmable Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Device for Simultaneous Colorimetric and Photothermal Visual Sensing of Multiple Enzyme Activities

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Kinetics Difference-driven Organophosphorus Hydrolase-like Nanozyme-Coded Pattern for Identifying p-Nitrophenyl Pesticides

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Enhanced rGO/ZnO/Chitosan Nanozyme Photocatalytic Technology for Efficient Degradation of Diazinon Pesticide Contaminated Water

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Tailoring carbon-based nanozymes without metal cofactors: Design principles and applications across therapeutics and sensing

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Heterogeneous catalysis for the environment

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Montmorillonite‐supported Ru‐doped CuBi2O4 nanozyme with enhanced peroxidase‐like activity for sensitive determination of hydroquinone

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Metal organic framework based nanozymes explored with their environmental pollution control strategies

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Nanozyme Metabolism Controls Air Pollution over an Atomic Potassium Cyano Site

Yu Wu, Rina Su, Wenxuan Jiang, Weiqing Xu, Ying Qin, Canglong Wang, Lirong Zheng, Liuyong Hu, Wenling Gu, Yuehe Lin and Chengzhou Zhu

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Target-triggered oxygen vacancy increase of Co3O4 nanoparticles with promoted peroxidase-like activity for specific turn-on colorimetric sensing of uranyl ions

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Surface-Modified Nanozymes for Enhanced and Selective Catalysis

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Nanozymes: Multifunctional nanomaterials as a sustainable approach for the remediation of environmental pollutants

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Synergistic Eradication of Drug-Resistant Salmonella enteritidis in Food Matrices Through an Ag-MOF Nanozyme with Multiple Enzyme-like Activities

Baizhi Cen, Juge Liu, Mengyuan Tan, Bo Wang, Lu Gao, Zhenquan Yang, Genxi Zhang, Tao Zhang and Xuechao Xu

Foods, 2026, 15, 479
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Performance-complementary colorimetric/electrochemical bimodal detection of Hg2+ based on analyte-accelerated peroxidase-mimicking activity of GO-AuNPs

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A nanozyme catalysis‐diazotization reaction cascaded ratiometric colorimetric assay probing the dynamics of nitrite in leftovers

Ziyu Zhang, Lina Tang, Wenjie Sheng, Youyi Yang, Guolin Lai, Jinjin Liu and Xiangheng Niu

Food Safety and Health, 2025, 3, 89
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Recent advances in nanozyme-based biosensors for detection of phenolic contaminants: strategies, trends, and challenges

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Nanozyme-based remediation of complex wastewater streams: a focus on emerging contaminants

Sunendu Nayak, Surendra Hansdah, Shushree Prachi Palai, Goutam Chandra Malik, Bhagirathi Singh, Derek Fawcett, Gerrard Eddy Jai Poinern and Pankaj Kumar Parhi

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2026, 186, 116268
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Establishment of a visual assessment platform for total antioxidant capacity of Ganoderma sichuanense based on Arg-CeO2 hydrogel nanozyme utilizing a self-programmed smartphone app and a self-designed 3D-printed device

Suhui Tan, Mengyuan Tan, Tao Zhang, Lu Gao, Yi Li, Xuechao Xu and Zhen-quan Yang

Microchim Acta, 2024, 191
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A multiple enzyme-mimicking Ag/Fe-ZIF nanozyme for efficient inactivation and colorimetric sensing of foodborne pathogens

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An overview of water and environmental pollutants and hospital wastes

Ehsan Kianfar

Intelligent Hospital, 2026, 2, 100032
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Nanozymes in environmental remediation: A bibliometric and comprehensive review of their oxidoreductase-mimicking capabilities

Vasundra Nagendran, Louella Concepta Goveas, Ramesh Vinayagam, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan and Raja Selvaraj

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Peroxide-Free Hexavalent Chromium Detection via Surface Electron Transfer in a Redox-Active Bismuth Metal–Organic Framework Nanozyme

Sivasankar Kulandaivel, Yi-Ning Wang, Dinesh Kumar Dhanthala Chittibabu, Yung-Kang Lu, Hsin-Tsung Chen and Yi-Chun Yeh

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2025, 8, 13060
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Biocatalytic and Biomimetic Catalysis for Intermolecular Cyclopropanation of Olefins: A Review

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The Chemical Record, 2025, 25
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Imitating Substrate Channels on a Mesoporous SiO2-Confined Fe1 Single-Atom Nanozyme for Enhancing Peroxidase-like Activity

Zhiyu Yin, Jiaxin Lv, Man Yang, Rui Zhang, Huifeng Xiong, Jingwen Wang, Dan Feng and Yujing Ren

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A novel CuO nanoparticle loaded DMSN@MnO2 nanozyme as an optical platform for 2-mercaptobenzothiazole assays and biotoxicity mitigation

Yuan Zhang, Dong Wang, Gaili Liu, Kun Wang, Shaomin Shuang and Chuan Dong

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Preparation of Iron-Based Nanozymes and Their Application in Water Environment: A Review

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Water, 2024, 16, 3431
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Qualitative discrimination of common phenolic disinfectants by sensor array based on nanozymes for facile environmental sensing

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Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-Based Catalysts: An Emerging New Trend in the Selective Catalysis Field?

Maciej Cieplak, Dominik Korol and Piyush Sindhu Sharma

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 68815
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Substrate-Driven Coenzyme Activating Oxidase-Like Activity of Copper-Based Nanozymes for Robust Profiling of Sulfonamides

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Integrating Bacteriophage onto the Magnetic Nanozyme for Effective Enrichment and Colorimetric Detection of Cronobacter sakazakii in Powdered Infant Formula

Xuechao Xu, Yuansong Zhang, Lu Gao, Juanli Yang and Zhenquan Yang

Foods, 2024, 13, 3788
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A SERS sensing platform based on the redox reaction of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine for the rapid detection of dopamine

Jinkun Yan, Qijia Zhang, Xiaodi Ma, Guangda Xu, Ce Gao and Lefa Zhao

Microchim Acta, 2025, 192
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Topical treatment of skin diseases with bioactive inorganic nanomaterials: Beyond drug delivery

Francesca Corsi, Andrea Pelliccia, Greta Deidda Tarquini, Marta Urbani, Cristina Maria Failla, Enrico Traversa and Lina Ghibelli

Next Materials, 2025, 6, 100401
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Preparation and characterization of tannase immobilized titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Dong Phuong Vu and Hoon Yoo

Biotechnol Bioproc E, 2025, 30, 686
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Analyzing Dual Behavior of Metallic Nanozymes on Protein Protection and Oxidation

Saad Megahed, Luca Boselli and Pier Paolo Pompa

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2026
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Copper-based nanozymes for environmental analytical applications: A review

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NIR-activated water-soluble molecular probe based on Cu(ii) ion quenching mechanisms and substituted strategies: For in vitro/in vivo H2S detection

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Amino acid regulation of peroxidase-like activity of Cu2O nanozyme for detection of tetracycline antibiotics

Yueqiang Wang and Shengwei Sun

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Nanozyme-Powered Multimodal Sensing for Pesticide Detection

Binfeng Yin, Zhuoao Jiang, Rashid Muhammad, Jun Liu and Junjie Wang

Foods, 2025, 14, 1957
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