scholarly journals Topological insulator overlayer to enhance the sensitivity and detection limit of surface plasmon resonance sensor

Nanophotonics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1941-1951
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Zhu ◽  
Yuxuan Ke ◽  
Jianfeng Dai ◽  
Qi You ◽  
Leiming Wu ◽  
...  

AbstractSurface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors have been applied in a wide range of applications for real-time and label-free detection. In this article, by covering the topological insulators nanosheets on the surface of the noble metal (Au), the sensitivity of the SPR sensor is greatly enhanced because of the strong interaction of light with Au–bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) heterostructure. It is shown that the sensitivity of proposed SPR sensors depends on the concentration of Bi2Se3 solution or the thickness of the coated Bi2Se3 film. The optimised sensitivity (2929.1 nm/RIU) and figure of merit (33.45 RIU−1) have been obtained after three times drop-casting, and the enhancement sensitivity of proposed sensors is up to 51.97% compared to the traditional Au–SPR sensors. Meanwhile, the reflection spectrum is simulated by using the method of effective refractive index, and the reason for the increase of sensitivity is analysed theoretically. For researching the application of modified SPR sensor, heavy metal detection is employed to detect in the last part. Our proposed SPR sensors have potential applications in heavy metal detections and biosensing.

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 2518
Author(s):  
Nunzio Cennamo ◽  
Lorena Saitta ◽  
Claudio Tosto ◽  
Francesco Arcadio ◽  
Luigi Zeni ◽  
...  

In this work, a novel approach to realize a plasmonic sensor is presented. The proposed optical sensor device is designed, manufactured, and experimentally tested. Two photo-curable resins are used to 3D print a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor. Both numerical and experimental analyses are presented in the paper. The numerical and experimental results confirm that the 3D printed SPR sensor presents performances, in term of figure of merit (FOM), very similar to other SPR sensors made using plastic optical fibers (POFs). For the 3D printed sensor, the measured FOM is 13.6 versus 13.4 for the SPR-POF configuration. The cost analysis shows that the 3D printed SPR sensor can be manufactured at low cost (∼15 €) that is competitive with traditional sensors. The approach presented here allows to realize an innovative SPR sensor showing low-cost, 3D-printing manufacturing free design and the feasibility to be integrated with other optical devices on the same plastic planar support, thus opening undisclosed future for the optical sensor systems.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1516
Author(s):  
Lian Liu ◽  
Shijie Deng ◽  
Jie Zheng ◽  
Libo Yuan ◽  
Hongchang Deng ◽  
...  

An enhanced plastic optical fiber (POF)-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor is proposed by employing a double-sided polished structure. The sensor is fabricated by polishing two sides of the POF symmetrically along with the fiber axis, and a layer of Au film is deposited on each side of the polished region. The SPR can be excited on both polished surfaces with Au film coating, and the number of light reflections will be increased by using this structure. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed sensor has an enhanced SPR effect. The visibility and full width at half maximum (FWHM) of spectrum can be improved for the high measured refractive index (RI). A sensitivity of 4284.8 nm/RIU is obtained for the double-sided POF-based SPR sensor when the measured liquid RI is 1.42. The proposed SPR sensor is easy fabrication and low cost, which can provide a larger measurement range and action area to the measured samples, and it has potential application prospects in the oil industry and biochemical sensing fields.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2963
Author(s):  
Nur Alia Sheh Omar ◽  
Yap Wing Fen ◽  
Irmawati Ramli ◽  
Umi Zulaikha Mohd Azmi ◽  
Hazwani Suhaila Hashim ◽  
...  

A novel vanadium–cellulose composite thin film-based on angular interrogation surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor for ppb-level detection of Ni(II) ion was developed. Experimental results show that the sensor has a linear response to the Ni(II) ion concentrations in the range of 2–50 ppb with a determination coefficient (R2) of 0.9910. This SPR sensor can attain a maximum sensitivity (0.068° ppb−1), binding affinity constant (1.819 × 106 M−1), detection accuracy (0.3034 degree−1), and signal-to-noise-ratio (0.0276) for Ni(II) ion detection. The optical properties of thin-film targeting Ni(II) ions in different concentrations were obtained by fitting the SPR reflectance curves using the WinSpall program. All in all, the proposed Au/MPA/V–CNCs–CTA thin-film-based surface plasmon resonance sensor exhibits better sensing performance than the previous film-based sensor and demonstrates a wide and promising technology candidate for environmental monitoring applications in the future.


Biosensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Schasfoort ◽  
Fikri Abali ◽  
Ivan Stojanovic ◽  
Gestur Vidarsson ◽  
Leon Terstappen

SPR cytometry entails the measurement of parameters from intact cells using the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) phenomenon. Specific real-time and label-free binding of living cells to sensor surfaces has been made possible through the availability of SPR imaging (SPRi) instruments and researchers have started to explore its potential in the last decade. Here we will discuss the mechanisms of detection and additionally describe the problems and issues of mammalian cells in SPR biosensing, both from our own experience and with information from the literature. Finally, we build on the knowledge and applications that has already materialized in this field to give a forecast of some exciting applications for SPRi cytometry.


Author(s):  
Manuel Fuentes ◽  
Sanjeeva Svrivastava ◽  
Nirosahan Ramachandran ◽  
Eugenie Hainsworth ◽  
Josh LaBaer

2010 ◽  
Vol 82 (24) ◽  
pp. 10110-10115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Šípová ◽  
Shile Zhang ◽  
Aimée M. Dudley ◽  
David Galas ◽  
Kai Wang ◽  
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