Issue 10, 2007
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Chemical Communications

Superoxide dismutase mimetic properties exhibited by vacancy engineered ceria nanoparticles†

Cassandra Korsvik,a   Swanand Patil,b   Sudipta Sealb  and  William T. Self*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
E-mail: wself@mail.ucf.edu
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b Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center, Nanoscience and Technology Center (NSTC), University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA

Abstract

In this report ceria nanoparticles are shown to act as catalysts that mimic superoxide dismutase (SOD) with the catalytic rate constant exceeding that determined for the enzyme SOD.

Graphical abstract: Superoxide dismutase mimetic properties exhibited by vacancy engineered ceria nanoparticles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B615134E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Oct 2006
Accepted
03 Jan 2007
First published
23 Jan 2007

Chem. Commun., 2007, 1056-1058

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