• DocumentCode
    1661548
  • Title

    Hybrid photonic-plasmonic silk protein as refractive index sensor

  • Author

    Kim, Sunghwan ; Mitropoulos, Alexander N. ; Spitzberg, Joshua D. ; Kaplan, David L. ; Omenetto, Fiorenzo G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Hybrid plasmonic-photonic crystal (HPPC) composed of biopolymer-silk and silver film offers label free refractive index sensing. Detectability of the sensor is enhanced by surface plasmon. The sensor shows a sensitivity of 281 nm/RIU.
  • Keywords
    biosensors; metallic thin films; molecular biophysics; nanophotonics; nanosensors; optical sensors; photonic crystals; plasmonics; polymers; proteins; refractive index; sensitivity; silver; surface plasmons; thin film sensors; Ag; biopolymer silk; detectability; hybrid photonic-plasmonic silk protein; nanosensor; refractive index sensor; sensitivity; silver film; surface plasmon; Films; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Sensitivity; Sensors; Surface topography;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325953