Description
Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeNPs, nanoceria) are widely used in chemical mechanical polishing/planarization, corrosion protection, solar cells, fuel oxidation catalysis, and automotive exhaust treatment. CeNPs also display many bio-relevant activities-mimicking superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase], peroxidase, oxidase, and phosphatase, and scavenging hydroxyl radicals, nitric oxide radicals, and peroxynitrite.