Title :
Silk fibroin biosensor based on imprinted periodic nanostructures
Author :
Amsden, Jason J. ; Gopinath, Ashwin ; Negro, Luca Dal ; Kaplan, David L. ; Omenetto, Fiorenzo G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a label free colorometric sensor fabricated by rapidly imprinting silk fibroin thin films with periodic nanoholes. The fabricated sensor is sensitive to index variations of Deltan = 0.007.
Keywords :
biosensors; colorimetry; nanopatterning; colorimetric sensor; imprinted periodic nanostructures; silk fibroin biosensor; silk fibroin thin films; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Nanobioscience; Nanostructures; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Sugar; (160.1435) Biomaterials; (230.4000) Microstructure fabrication; (230.5298) Photonic crystals; (280.1415) Biological sensing and sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
