Emissive oxidase-like nanozyme based on an organic molecular cage.

Zhen WangBin-Bin YangZi-Jun FangQiang OuHui MaQing-Pu ZhangYu-Ling SunChun Zhang

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)

In this study, we introduced four "claw-like" units of dipicolylamine (DPA) to a tetraphenylethylene (TPE)-based organic molecular cage (DPA-TPE-Cage). Coordinated with Zn2+ ions, the obtained ZnDPA-TPE-Cage exhibited aggregation induced emission (AIE) effects and oxidase-like properties, which endowed it with the ability to selectively image and kill Gram-positive bacteria S. aureus efficiently.

Keyphrases

water soluble
deep learning
heavy metals
gram negative
quantum dots
single molecule
fluorescent probe
risk assessment
multidrug resistant