DocumentCode
1568836
Title
Design and development of enhanced extraction biosensors based on photonic crystal slabs
Author
Ganesh, Nikhil ; Block, Ian D. ; Mathias, Patrick C. ; Zhang, Wei ; Chow, Edmond ; Cunningham, Brian T.
Author_Institution
Micro & Nanotechnol. Lab., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
fYear
2008
Firstpage
173
Lastpage
174
Abstract
Enhanced extraction of molecular fluorescence as provided by photonic crystal slabs is studied. An enhanced extraction biosensor capable of boosting fluorescence output in the detection of the cytokine TNF-alpha by over 20x is demonstrated.
Keywords
biosensors; fluorescence; molecular biophysics; optical design techniques; photonic crystals; proteins; biosensors; cytokine TNF-alpha; enhanced extraction; molecular fluorescence; photonic crystal slabs; Biological information theory; Biosensors; Fluorescence; Goniometers; Lattices; Optical coupling; Optical microscopy; Photonic crystals; Slabs; Surface waves; 230.5750; 300.2530;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location
Acapulco
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1932-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688544
Filename
4688544
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