A dip biosensor based on localized surface plasmon resonance at the tip of an optical fiber

dc.contributor.authorSciacca, B.
dc.contributor.authorMonro, T.
dc.contributor.organisationInstitute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS)
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractA dip biosensor is realized by depositing metallic nanoparticles onto the tip of a cleaved optical fiber. Light coupled into the fiber interacts with the localized surface plasmons within the nanoparticles at the tip; a portion of the scattered light recouples into the optical fiber and is analyzed by a spectrometer. Characterization of the sensor demonstrates an inverse relationship between the sensitivity and the number of particles deposited onto the surface, with smaller quantities leading to greater sensitivity. The results obtained showed also that by depositing nanoparticles with distinct localized surface plasmon resonance signatures with limited overlap, as for the case of gold and silver nanospheres, a multiplexed dip biosensor can be realized by simply functionalizing the different nanoparticles with different antibodies after the fashion of an immunoassay. In this way different localized surface plasmons resonance bands responsive to different target analytes can be separately monitored, as further presented below, requiring a minimal quantity of reagents both for the functionalization process and for the sample analysis.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityBeniamino Sciacca and Tanya M. Monro
dc.identifier.citationLangmuir, 2014; 30(3):946-954
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/la403667q
dc.identifier.issn0743-7463
dc.identifier.issn1520-5827
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/82884
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Society
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1010728
dc.rights© 2014 American Chemical Society
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1021/la403667q
dc.subjectGold
dc.subjectSilver
dc.subjectSurface Plasmon Resonance
dc.subjectBiosensing Techniques
dc.subjectParticle Size
dc.subjectSurface Properties
dc.subjectMetal Nanoparticles
dc.subjectOptical Fibers
dc.titleA dip biosensor based on localized surface plasmon resonance at the tip of an optical fiber
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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