Bioinspired Hierarchical Self‐Assembled Nanozyme for Efficient Antibacterial Treatment (Adv. Mater. 10/2024)

Bioinspired Artificial Nanozymes Bioinspired by the antibacterial nanostructures on the wing surfaces of some insects, this work reports a biomimetic NiCo2O4 nanozyme with 3-level hierarchical architecture that can self-adaptively tune their hierarchical nanostructures to capture bacteria of various morphotypes. The intrinsic peroxidase-like activity of the proposed nanozyme promotes the generation of highly reactive oxygen species that disrupt bacterial membranes and induce bacterial apoptosis. More details can be found in article number 2210455 by Changbin Zhang, Minmin Liang, and co-workers.