Recent advances in heterogeneous single-atom nanomaterials: From engineered metal-support interaction to applications in sensors

Iron Single-Atom Catalysts Boost Photoelectrochemical Detection by Integrating Interfacial Oxygen Reduction and Enzyme-Mimicking Activity

(2022) Ying Qin et al.   ACS Nano

Exploiting Photoelectric Activities and Piezoelectric Properties of NaNbO3 Semiconductors for Point-of-Care Immunoassay

(2022) Zhichao Yu et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Perspective for Single Atom Nanozymes Based Sensors: Advanced Materials, Sensing Mechanism, Selectivity Regulation, and Applications

(2022) Huan Jin et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Fe–N–C single-atom nanozymes based sensor array for dual signal selective determination of antioxidants

(2022) Lihua Shen et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Coordination modulation of iridium single-atom catalyst maximizing water oxidation activity

(2022) Zhanwu Lei et al.   Nature Communications

Liposome-Mediated In Situ Formation of Type-I Heterojunction for Amplified Photoelectrochemical Immunoassay

(2022) Yuan Gao et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Single-atom Pt-anchored Zn0.5Cd0.5S boosted photoelectrochemical immunoassay of prostate-specific antigen

(2022) Bin Li et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Construction of a unique fluorescent probe for rapid and highly sensitive detection of glutathione in living cells and zebrafish

(2022) Zile Zhou et al.   TALANTA

Identification of the Highly Active Co–N4 Coordination Motif for Selective Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide

(2022) Shanyong Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Understanding the structure-performance relationship of active sites at atomic scale

(2022) Runze Li et al.   Nano Research

High-Throughput Screening of Stable Single-Atom Catalysts in CO2 Reduction Reactions

(2022) Rui Qi et al.   ACS Catalysis

Progress in metal-organic-framework-based single-atom catalysts for environmental remediation

(2022) Wei Qu et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Pressure-Based Biosensor Integrated with a Flexible Pressure Sensor and an Electrochromic Device for Visual Detection

(2021) Zhenzhong Yu et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Cobalt single atom site catalysts with ultrahigh metal loading for enhanced aerobic oxidation of ethylbenzene

(2021) Yu Xiong et al.   Nano Research

Functionalized 2D Germanene and Silicene Enzymatic System

(2021) Hui Ling Chia et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Single-Atom-Based Heterojunction Coupling with Ion-Exchange Reaction for Sensitive Photoelectrochemical Immunoassay

(2021) Ying Qin et al.   NANO LETTERS

Selective ppb-level NO2 gas sensor based on SnO2-boron nitride nanotubes

(2021) Bharat Sharma et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Tuning the Charge Transfer Dynamics of the Nanostructured GaN Photoelectrodes for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Detection in the Ultraviolet Band

(2021) Shi Fang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Graphene Energy Transfer for Single‐Molecule Biophysics, Biosensing, and Super‐Resolution Microscopy

(2021) Izabela Kamińska et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Exceptional electrochemical HER performance with enhanced electron transfer between Ru nanoparticles and single atoms dispersed on carbon substrate

(2021) Panpan Su et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synergistic Effect of Cu Single Atoms and Au–Cu Alloy Nanoparticles on TiO2 for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction

(2021) Yangyang Yu et al.   ACS Nano

Fe–N–C Single-Atom Catalyst Coupling with Pt Clusters Boosts Peroxidase-like Activity for Cascade-Amplified Colorimetric Immunoassay

(2021) Yifeng Chen et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Modulating Oxygen Reduction Behaviors on Nickel Single-Atom Catalysts to Probe the Electrochemiluminescence Mechanism at the Atomic Level

(2021) Wenling Gu et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Surface Density Dependent Catalytic Activity of Single Palladium Atoms Supported on Ceria**

(2021) Yongseon Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Facet Selectivity Guided Assembly of Nanoarchitectures onto Two‐Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets

(2021) Zhihao Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Complex Liquid Crystal Emulsions for Biosensing

(2021) Alberto Concellón et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Modulating Coordination Environment of Single-Atom Catalysts and Their Proximity to Photosensitive Units for Boosting MOF Photocatalysis

(2021) Xing Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tailoring Unsymmetrical‐Coordinated Atomic Site in Oxide‐Supported Pt Catalysts for Enhanced Surface Activity and Stability

(2021) Zhenggang Xue et al.   Small

Low-Operating-Temperature NO2 Sensor Based on a CeO2/ZnO Heterojunction

(2021) Kai Sun et al.   SENSORS

Size effect of metal–organic frameworks with iron single-atom catalysts on oxygen–reduction reactions

(2021) Seon Yeong Lee et al.   Carbon Letters

Atomic-level insights into the steric hindrance effect of single-atom Pd catalyst to boost the synthesis of dimethyl carbonate

(2021) Shufang Ji et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Solution-Phase Activation and Functionalization of Colloidal WS2 Nanosheets with Ni Single Atoms

(2020) Erika Meza et al.   ACS Nano

Single‐Atom Catalysts in Catalytic Biomedicine

(2020) Huijing Xiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cascade Reaction System Integrating Single-Atom Nanozymes with Abundant Cu Sites for Enhanced Biosensing

(2020) Yu Wu et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Recent advances in photoelectrochemical biosensors for analysis of mycotoxins in food

(2020) Qian Zhou et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

High-Temperature Gas Sensor Based on Novel Pt Single Atoms@SnO2 Nanorods@SiC Nanosheets Multi-heterojunctions

(2020) Lian Sun et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Heterogeneous Single-Atom Photocatalysts: Fundamentals and Applications

(2020) Chao Gao et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Modulating the local coordination environment of single-atom catalysts for enhanced catalytic performance

(2020) Xinyuan Li et al.   Nano Research

Single-atom Rh/N-doped carbon electrocatalyst for formic acid oxidation

(2020) Yu Xiong et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Ionic Exchange of Metal−Organic Frameworks for Constructing Unsaturated Copper Single‐Atom Catalysts for Boosting Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2020) Shenghua Ma et al.   Small

Metal–Organic Frameworks as a Good Platform for the Fabrication of Single-Atom Catalysts

(2020) Haigen Huang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Graphene-supported metal single-atom catalysts: a concise review

(2020) Shuai Ren et al.   Science China-Materials

Ru Species Supported on MOF‐Derived N‐Doped TiO 2 /C Hybrids as Efficient Electrocatalytic/Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalysts

(2020) Baolin Yan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

The Fe‐N‐C Nanozyme with Both Accelerated and Inhibited Biocatalytic Activities Capable of Accessing Drug–Drug Interactions

(2020) Yuan Xu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cross‐Linked Polyphosphazene Hollow Nanosphere‐Derived N/P‐Doped Porous Carbon with Single Nonprecious Metal Atoms for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2020) Xuan Wei et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Single atom is not alone: Metal–support interactions in single-atom catalysis

(2020) Kun Qi et al.   Materials Today

Anisotropic plasmonic nanostructures for colorimetric sensing

(2020) Jingbin Zeng et al.   Nano Today

Single Iron Site Nanozyme for Ultrasensitive Glucose Detection

(2020) Min Chen et al.   Small

Single-atom Ni-N4 provides a robust cellular NO sensor

(2020) Min Zhou et al.   Nature Communications

Entropy-stabilized single-atom Pd catalysts via high-entropy fluorite oxide supports

(2020) Haidi Xu et al.   Nature Communications

Propyne hydrogenation over a Pd/Cu(111) single-atom alloy studied with ambient pressure infrared spectroscopy

(2020) Mohammed K. Abdel-Rahman et al.   ACS Catalysis

Single-atom platinum nanocatalyst-improved catalytic efficiency with enzyme-DNA supermolecular architectures

(2020) Ruijin Zeng et al.   Nano Energy

Single-Atom Co–N4 Electrocatalyst Enabling Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction with Enhanced Hydrogen Peroxide Tolerance for Selective Sensing

(2020) Fei Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Single-Atom Nanozymes Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Sensitive Detection of Aβ 1-40: A Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease

(2020) Zhaoyuan Lyu et al.   Research

Perspectives for Single-Atom Nanozymes: Advanced Synthesis, Functional Mechanisms, and Biomedical Applications

(2020) Lihua Shen et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Porous γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticle decorated with atomically dispersed platinum: Study on atomic site structural change and gas sensor activity evolution

(2020) Qiheng Li et al.   Nano Research

High-temperature flame spray pyrolysis induced stabilization of Pt single-atom catalysts

(2020) Shipeng Ding et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

CRISPR-Cas12a-driven MXene-PEDOT:PSS piezoresistive wireless biosensor

(2020) Ruijin Zeng et al.   Nano Energy

Palindromic Molecular Beacon Based Z-Scheme BiOCl-Au-CdS Photoelectrochemical Biodetection

(2019) Ruijin Zeng et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular Recognition-Based DNA Nanodevices to Enhance the Direct Visualization and Quantification of Single-Vesicles of Tumor Exosomes in Plasma Microsamples

(2019) Dinggeng He et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Development of a Cloud-Based Epidermal MoSe2 Device for Hazardous Gas Sensing

(2019) Shiqi Guo et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Single Fe Atom on Hierarchically Porous S, N‐Codoped Nanocarbon Derived from Porphyra Enable Boosted Oxygen Catalysis for Rechargeable Zn‐Air Batteries

(2019) Jiting Zhang et al.   Small

Single-atom nanozymes

(2019) Liang Huang et al.   Science Advances

Atomic Pd on Graphdiyne/Graphene Heterostructure as Efficient Catalyst for Aromatic Nitroreduction

(2019) Jiaqiang Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Graphdiyne‐Based Materials: Preparation and Application for Electrochemical Energy Storage

(2019) Ning Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Au@Pd Nanopopcorn and Aptamer Nanoflower Assisted Lateral Flow Strip for Thermal Detection of Exosomes

(2019) Nan Cheng et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Bismuth-containing semiconductors for photoelectrochemical sensing and biosensing

(2019) Si-Yuan Yu et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Recent Advances in Photoelectrochemical Sensing: From Engineered Photoactive Materials to Sensing Devices and Detection Modes

(2019) Jian Shu et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Palladium Single Atoms on TiO2 as a Photocatalytic Sensing Platform for Analyzing the Organophosphorus Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

(2019) Xiaoxiao Ge et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Unraveling the coordination structure-performance relationship in Pt1/Fe2O3 single-atom catalyst

(2019) Yujing Ren et al.   Nature Communications

Low-Temperature Oxidation of Methanol to Formaldehyde on a Model Single-Atom Catalyst: Pd Atoms on Fe3O4(001)

(2019) Matthew D. Marcinkowski et al.   ACS Catalysis

ZIF-8-Assisted NaYF4:Yb,Tm@ZnO Converter with Exonuclease III-Powered DNA Walker for Near-Infrared Light Responsive Biosensor

(2019) Shuzhen Lv et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Regulating the Spin State of FeIII by Atomically Anchoring on Ultrathin Titanium Dioxide for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis

(2019) Guoqiang Shen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Single Chromium Atoms Supported on Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles for Synergic Catalytic Methane Conversion under Mild Conditions

(2019) Qikai Shen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Supramolecular confinement of single Cu atoms in hydrogel frameworks for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis with high atom utilization

(2019) Panpan Li et al.   Materials Today

Platinum–copper single atom alloy catalysts with high performance towards glycerol hydrogenolysis

(2019) Xi Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Fe Isolated Single Atoms on S, N Codoped Carbon by Copolymer Pyrolysis Strategy for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2018) Qiheng Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Near-Infrared Light-Excited Core–Core–Shell UCNP@Au@CdS Upconversion Nanospheres for Ultrasensitive Photoelectrochemical Enzyme Immunoassay

(2018) Zhongbin Luo et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

From Metal-Organic Frameworks to Single-Atom Fe Implanted N-doped Porous Carbons: Efficient Oxygen Reduction in Both Alkaline and Acidic Media

(2018) Long Jiao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Engineering the Coordination Environment of Single-Atom Platinum Anchored on Graphdiyne for Optimizing Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

(2018) Xue-Peng Yin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Plasmonic colorimetric sensors based on etching and growth of noble metal nanoparticles: Strategies and applications

(2018) Zhiyang Zhang et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Bio-bar-code-based photoelectrochemical immunoassay for sensitive detection of prostate-specific antigen using rolling circle amplification and enzymatic biocatalytic precipitation

(2018) Kangyao Zhang et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

A general and facile strategy for precisely controlling the crystal size of monodispersed metal–organic frameworks via separating the nucleation and growth

(2018) Xiaocheng Lan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Fluorescent and colorimetric sensors for anionic species

(2018) Philip A. Gale et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Unraveling Charge State of Supported Au Single-Atoms during CO Oxidation

(2018) Xiong Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Anchoring zero valence single atoms of nickel and iron on graphdiyne for hydrogen evolution

(2018) Yurui Xue et al.   Nature Communications

Exciton–Plasmon Interaction between AuNPs/Graphene Nanohybrids and CdS Quantum Dots/TiO2 for Photoelectrochemical Aptasensing of Prostate-Specific Antigen

(2018) Guoneng Cai et al.   ACS Sensors

Graphene Defects Trap Atomic Ni Species for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions

(2018) Longzhou Zhang et al.   Chem

Heterogeneous single-atom catalysis

(2018) Aiqin Wang et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Metal-Polydopamine Framework: An Innovative Signal-Generation Tag for Colorimetric Immunoassay

(2018) Rongrong Ren et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Ethanol Decomposition on Pd–Au Alloy Catalysts

(2018) Hao Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Single-Atom Alloys as a Reductionist Approach to the Rational Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts

(2018) Georgios Giannakakis et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Turning Au Nanoclusters Catalytically Active for Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction through Bridging Ligands

(2018) Xiaofeng Cui et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Titanium(III)-Oxo Clusters in a Metal–Organic Framework Support Single-Site Co(II)-Hydride Catalysts for Arene Hydrogenation

(2017) Pengfei Ji et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Isolated Single-Atom Pd Sites in Intermetallic Nanostructures: High Catalytic Selectivity for Semihydrogenation of Alkynes

(2017) Quanchen Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Uncoordinated Amine Groups of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Anchor Single Ru Sites as Chemoselective Catalysts toward the Hydrogenation of Quinoline

(2017) Xin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Isolation of Cu Atoms in Pd Lattice: Forming Highly Selective Sites for Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to CH4

(2017) Ran Long et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A MnO2nanosheet-assisted GSH detection platform using an iridium(iii) complex as a switch-on luminescent probe

(2017) Zhen-Zhen Dong et al.   Nanoscale

Facile embedding of single vanadium atoms at the anatase TiO2(101) surface

(2017) Stig Koust et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Gold nanoparticles as efficient sensors in colorimetric detection of toxic metal ions: A review

(2017) E. Priyadarshini et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Performance of Cu-Alloyed Pd Single-Atom Catalyst for Semihydrogenation of Acetylene under Simulated Front-End Conditions

(2017) Guang Xian Pei et al.   ACS Catalysis

Single-Atom Catalysts: Emerging Multifunctional Materials in Heterogeneous Catalysis

(2017) Huabin Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Palladium–gold single atom alloy catalysts for liquid phase selective hydrogenation of 1-hexyne

(2017) Jilei Liu et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Single-Atom Pt as Co-Catalyst for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

(2016) Xiaogang Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single Cobalt Atoms with Precise N-Coordination as Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts

(2016) Peiqun Yin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photochemical route for synthesizing atomically dispersed palladium catalysts

(2016) P. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

An Atomic-Scale View of CO and H2Oxidation on a Pt/Fe3O4Model Catalyst

(2015) Roland Bliem et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly Efficient Catalysis of Preferential Oxidation of CO in H2-Rich Stream by Gold Single-Atom Catalysts

(2015) Botao Qiao et al.   ACS Catalysis

Colloidal Synthesis of 1T-WS2 and 2H-WS2 Nanosheets: Applications for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

(2014) Benoit Mahler et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Metal nanoclusters: New fluorescent probes for sensors and bioimaging

(2014) Libing Zhang et al.   Nano Today

Incorporating Graphene Oxide and Gold Nanoclusters: A Synergistic Catalyst with Surprisingly High Peroxidase-Like Activity Over a Broad pH Range and its Application for Cancer Cell Detection

(2013) Yu Tao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Catalysis by Doped Oxides

(2013) Eric W. McFarland et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Theoretical Study of Water Adsorption on Fe3O4: Implications for Catalysis

(2012) Kwang Taeg Rim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Doping Monolayer Graphene with Single Atom Substitutions

(2011) Hongtao Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Catalytically highly active top gold atom on palladium nanocluster

(2011) Haijun Zhang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS