Fe-MoS₂ nanoenzyme with photothermal enhanced enzyme activity for glucose colorimetric detection

With the development of nanotechnology, it has been discovered that some nanomaterials have the activity of mimicking enzymes. This type of inorganic nanomaterial with characteristics similar to natural enzymes is called nanoenzyme. Compared with natural enzymes, nanoenzymes have advantages such as low deactivation, good stability, low production and storage costs, surface modification, and large-scale preparation. They have a wide range of applications in fields such as human health, environmental safety, and biosensing. MoS₂ can replace natural peroxidase to catalyze the decomposition of H₂O₂ and is considered to have peroxidase like activity, making it a typical nanoenzyme material. In addition, the Fenton reaction between Fe₂⁺ and H₂O₂ can also cause H₂O₂ to decompose. Both MoS₂ and Fe₂⁺ can cause the decomposition of H₂O₂, resulting in the production of hydroxyl radicals (OH). Hydroxyl radicals can catalyze the oxidation of chromogenic substrates 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), generating blue single electron oxidation products (oxTMB) and characteristic absorption peaks at 652 nm. Based on this characteristic, we doped Fe₂⁺ into MoS₂ to obtain Fe-MoS₂ composite materials. Firstly, natural glucose oxidase is used to decompose glucose into glucose lactone and hydrogen peroxide. Then, Fe-MoS₂ composite material is added, and TMB is added dropwise to observe the blue turning of the mixed solution. Based on the above principle, colorimetric detection of glucose can be achieved. In addition, under infrared irradiation, the activity of peroxidase like enzymes in Fe-MoS₂ is enhanced.