• DocumentCode
    1317077
  • Title

    Microresonator antenna for biosensing applications

  • Author

    Pal, Arnab ; Mehta, A. ; Marhic, Michel E. ; Chan, K.C. ; Teng, K.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Multidiscipl. Nanotechnol. Centre, Swansea Univ., Swansea, UK
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    665
  • Lastpage
    667
  • Abstract
    A microdielectric resonator antenna of dimensions (100 × 100 × 500 m) is designed for biosensing applications. The antenna is terminated with a thin layer of gold on the top and bottom of the microstructure for achieving a high Q. On top of the antenna is the sensing region (100 μm3), which loads the antenna depending on the type of material. The loading in turn changes the antenna reflectance, resonant frequency and polarisation, and thus enables the sensing action. The sensor activation and detection can be done using a far-infrared spectroscopy technique.
  • Keywords
    antennas; bioMEMS; biosensors; dielectric resonators; micromechanical resonators; microsensors; antenna polarisation; antenna reflectance; antenna resonant frequency; biosensing applications; far infrared spectroscopy technique; high Q microstructure; microdielectric resonator antenna; microresonator antenna; sensor activation; sensor detection; size 100 mum; size 500 mum; thin gold layer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro & Nano Letters, IET
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1750-0443
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/mnl.2011.0320
  • Filename
    6013010
    • Link To Document
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