Novel tungsten carbide nanorods : an intrinsic peroxidase mimetic with high activity and stability in aqueous and organic solvents

• Main Authors: Wang, Xin, Li, Nan, Yan, Ya, Xia, Bao Yu, Wang, Jing Yuan
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Biosensors
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103783; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19370
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tungsten carbide nanorods (WC NRs) are demonstrated for the first time to possess intrinsic peroxidase-like activity towards typical peroxidase substrates, such as 3, 3’, 5, 5’-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) and o-phenylenediamine (OPD) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The reactions catalyze...