It is shown that an air-stable Ge(111) surface can be made by wet chemical HCl treatment in ambient atmosphere. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and photon electrical field polarization-dependent Cl K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XANES) were used to study the chemical structure and the physical orientation of chemisorbed Cl. It is found that Cl forms a monovalent bond with the Ge(111) dangling bond (DB) along 〈111〉 surface normal. The stability of HCl-treated Ge(111) is attributed to the surface DBs being terminated by monochloride. Thermodynamics are found to be the governing force in the Ge–HCl reaction processes.
Due to the lack of a general descriptor to predict the activity of nanomaterials, the current exploration of nanozymes mainly depended on trial-and-error strategies, which hindered the effective design of nanozymes. Here, with the help of a large number of Ni−O−Co bonds at the interface of heterostructures, a prediction descriptor was successfully determined to reveal the double enzyme-like activity mechanisms for Ni/CoMoO 4 . Additionally, DFT calculations revealed that interface engineering could accelerate the catalytic kinetics of the enzyme-like activity. Ni−O−Co bonds were the main active sites for enzyme-like activity. Finally, the colorimetric signal and intelligent biosensor of Ni/CoMoO 4 based on deep learning were used to detect organophosphorus and ziram sensitively. Meanwhile, the in situ FTIR results uncovered the detection mechanism: the target molecules could block Ni−O− Co active sites at the heterostructure interface leading to the signal peak decreasing. This study not only provided a well design strategy for the further development of nanozymes or other advanced catalysts, but it also designed a multifunctional intelligent biosensor platform. Furthermore, it also provided preferable ideas regarding the catalytic mechanism and detection mechanism of heterostructure nanozymes.
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