Aptamer-functionalized copper nanoparticles (Apt-Cu NPs) readily oxidized to Apt-CuO/Cu2O NPs.
Apt−CuO/Cu2O NPs exhibited strong peroxidase-like activity.
Catalytic activity of the nanoparticles was significantly suppressed by thrombin.
Detection of breast tumor cells using Mucin1 aptamer-templated CuO/Cu2O NPs.