Organic Compound-Based Nanozymes for Detecting Agricultural Herbicides

Nanozymes are synthetic materials with features that resemble those of natural enzymes and are used in biomedical and chemical engineering. They are typically viewed as being too costly and hazardous to be used in agricultural and food research. Now, scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have created a nanozyme that is organic, non-toxic, economical, and ecologically acceptable.