DocumentCode
2301408
Title
Optical resonator-based biosensors: Plasmonic enhancements for label-free single molecule detection
Author
Vollmer, F.
Author_Institution
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
fYear
2012
fDate
23-27 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
334
Lastpage
335
Abstract
Microcavity biosensors derive their sensitivity from monitoring frequency shifts induced by protein binding at sites of highly confined field intensities, where field strengths can be further amplified by excitation of plasmon resonances in nanoparticle layers.
Keywords
bioMEMS; biosensors; microcavities; microsensors; molecular biophysics; nanoparticles; optical resonators; optical sensors; plasmonics; plasmons; proteins; sensitivity; field strengths; frequency shift monitoring; label-free single molecule detection; microcavity biosensors; nanoparticle layers; optical resonator-based biosensors; plasmon resonance excitation; plasmonic enhancements; protein binding; sensitivity; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Gold; ISO standards; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Resonant frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0731-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358628
Filename
6358628
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