Comparative study of Pd@Pt nanozyme improved colorimetric N-ELISA for the paper-output portable detection of Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus is a frequent pathogenic bacterium that has a significant detrimental influence on the health of the human body. Therefore, developing a practical and portable detection platform is critical to ensuring food safety. Nanozymes are a kind of engineered nanomaterials with superior enzyme-like activities, providing infinite possibilities for the development of highly sensitive analytical assays. In this study, mesoporous core−shell [email protected] ( [email protected] ) nanozymes were synthesized and then applied as a signal amplifier in Staphylococcus aureus colorimetric immunoassay . At the same time, a careful comparative study of the catalytic performance with natural horseradish peroxidase (HRP), [email protected] nanozymes and their complexes [email protected] (HRP coupling with [email protected] nanozymes) were firstly performed, as well as clever using a colorimeter to achieve portable signal output. [email protected] bioprobes enable remarkable peroxidase-like catalytic activity, resulting in the highest sensitivity with a limit of detection (LOD) improved from 1 × 10 5 to 1 × 10 3  CFU/mL. In all, this work conducted a valuable comparative study and presented an improved strategy for the portable detection of pathogenic bacteria, which was expected to be used in a wide range of applications in food safety regulation and biomedicals arenas.