Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Nanoparticle-enhanced diffraction gratings for ultrasensitive surface plasmon biosensing

  • Alastair W. Wark
  • , Jin Lee Hye
  • , Abraham J. Qavi
  • , Robert M. Corn
  • University of California at Irvine

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

86 Scopus citations

Abstract

Ultrasensitive surface bioaffinity sensors are created by the adsorption of gold nanoparticles onto gold diffraction gratings. An enhanced diffraction obtained in a surface plasmon resonance geometry is observed due to the optical coupling of the planar surface plasmons in the grating to the localized surface plasmons in the gold nanoparticles. As a first example, these nanoparticle grating biosensors are employed to detect unmodified DNA at a concentration of 10 fM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6697-6701
Number of pages5
JournalAnalytical Chemistry
Volume79
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2007

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Nanoparticle-enhanced diffraction gratings for ultrasensitive surface plasmon biosensing'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this