Nanozymes: Next Wave of Artificial Enzymes

Xiaoyu Wang is a graduate student at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University. He received his B.S. degree from Nanjing Institute of Technology in 2014. In the same year he joined Professor Hui Wei's group. His research interests focus on nanozymes for biomedical and bioanalytical applications.Wenjing Guo is a graduate student at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University. She received her B.S. degree from Nanjing University in 2014. In the same year she joined Professor Hui Wei's group. Her research interests focus on nanozymes for biomedical and bioanalytical applications.Yihui Hu is a graduate student at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University. She received her B.S. degree from Hengyang Normal University in 2010 and her Master degree from Hunan University in 2013. In 2014, she joined Professor Hui Wei's group. Her research interests focus on bioanalytical and biomedical chemistry.Jiangjiexing Wu is a research associate professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University. She received her B.S. degree and Ph.D. from Tianjin University in 2009 and 2014, respectively. In 2016, she joined Professor Hui Wei's group. Her research interests focus on DNA-directed approach to fabricate functional nanomaterials.Hui Wei is a professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, China. He joined Nanjing University after his postdoctoral training with Professors Yi Lu and Shuming Nie, respectively. He received his B.S. from Nanjing University in 2003, where he carried out his undergraduate research with Professor Xinghua Xia. In the same year he joined Professor Erkang Wang’s group at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and received his Ph.D. in 2008. He has been admitted as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). His research interests focus on functional bionanomaterials (including nanozymes), in vivo bioanalysis, in vitro diagnostics and precision medicine.

• Introduction to nanozymes.- Carbon-based nanomaterials for nanozymes.- Metal-based nanomaterials for nanozymes.- Metal oxide-based nanomaterials for nanozymes.- Other nanomaterials for nanozymes.-Challenges and perspectives.