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Single-atom catalysts boost signal amplification for biosensing

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A colorimetric smartphone-based platform for pesticides detection using Fe-N/C single-atom nanozyme as oxidase mimetics

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D-band center coordination modulated enzyme-like activity in Fe-Cu dual-metal single-atom nanozymes

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Single-atom enzymes: from nano-enzyme evolution to the biomedical frontier of precision catalysis

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Comparative study of Pd@Pt nanozyme improved colorimetric N-ELISA for the paper-output portable detection of Staphylococcus aureus

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Current Advances on the Single‐Atom Nanozyme and Its Bioapplications

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Nanoarchitecture of a Two-Dimensional Few-Layer Graphene Oxide/π-Conjugated Polyimide Composite for Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

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Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme

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Construction of Single‐Iron‐Atom Nanocatalysts for Highly Efficient Catalytic Antibiotics

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An ultra-highly active nanozyme of Fe,N co-doped ultrathin hollow carbon framework for antibacterial application

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Coordination Number Regulation of Molybdenum Single-Atom Nanozyme Peroxidase-like Specificity

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Electrospun FeN@CNT single-atom nanozyme for dual-mode ROS-mediated colorimetric and fluorometric detection of vitamin C

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Fe-PNC Nanoenzyme-Enhanced Closed Bipolar Sensing Platform for Sensitive ECL/Fluorescence Detection and Imaging of miRNA-141

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Addressing the synchronized impact of a novel strontium titanium over copolymerized carbon nitride for proficient solar-driven hydrogen evolution

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Tuning Local Coordination Environments of Manganese Single‐Atom Nanozymes with Multi‐Enzyme Properties for Selective Colorimetric Biosensing

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Co–N4-Coordinated Single-Atom Nanozymes with Dual Bactericidal-Regenerative Functions: Overcoming Tetracycline Resistance through Self-Enhanced Oxidase-Mimicking Catalysis

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FeCu–P/carbon dots with multi-enzyme activity catalyze reactive oxygen species production for enhanced antibacterial activity

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Single-Atom Enzyme-Functionalized Solution-Gated Graphene Transistor for Real-Time Detection of Mercury Ion

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Fe(OH)2-Mediated Synthesis of Ultrathin Fe3O4 Nanosheets Showing Enhanced Peroxidase-like Nanozyme Activity

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Single-Atom Iron Anchored on 2-D Graphene Carbon to Realize Bridge-Adsorption of O–O as Biomimetic Enzyme for Remarkably Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of H2O2

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