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Vol. 17, Issue 1, 032 (2025)

High Fe-Loading Single-Atom Catalyst Boosts ROS Production by Density Effect for Efficient Antibacterial Therapy

Si Chen^1,2, Fang Huang¹, Lijie Mao¹, Zhimin Zhang²..., Han Lin², Qixin Yan¹, Xiangyu Lu^1,3,* and Jianlin Shi^2,**|Show fewer author(s)

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¹Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China

²Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China

³Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Nanocatalytic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China

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Si Chen, Fang Huang, Lijie Mao, Zhimin Zhang, Han Lin, Qixin Yan, Xiangyu Lu, Jianlin Shi. High Fe-Loading Single-Atom Catalyst Boosts ROS Production by Density Effect for Efficient Antibacterial Therapy[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2025, 17(1): 032 Copy Citation Text

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