abstract: Nanomaterials that exhibit enzyme-like catalytic activity or nanozymes have many advantages compared to biological enzymes such as low cost of production and high stability. There is a substantial interest in studying two-dimensional materials due to their exceptional properties. Hafnium diboride is a type of two-dimensional material and belongs to the metal diborides family made of hexagonal layers of boron atoms separated by metal layers. In this work, the peroxidase-like activity of hafnium diboride nanoflakes dispersed in the block copolymer F77 was discovered for the first time. The kinetics, mechanisms and catalytic performance towards the oxidation of the chromogenic substrate 3,3,5,5-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide are presented in this work. Kinetic parameters were determined by steady-state kinetics and a comparison with other nanozymes is given. Results show that the HfB2/F77 nanozyme possesses a unique combination of unusual high affinity towards hydrogen peroxide and high activity per cost. These findings are important for applications that involve reactions with hydrogen peroxide. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Materials Science and Engineering 2019
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:55681 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Contributors | Matar Abed, Mahmoud (Author), Wang, Qing Hua (Advisor), Green, Alexander (Advisor), Jiao, Yang (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Format | 43 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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