• DocumentCode
    1771902
  • Title

    Detection of single nanoparticles using photonic crystal enhanced microscopy

  • Author

    Yue Zhuo ; Huan Hu ; Weili Chen ; Meng Lu ; Limei Tian ; Hojeong Yu ; Long, Kenneth D. ; Chow, Edmond ; King, William P. ; Singamaneni, Srikanth ; Cunningham, Brian T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Bioeng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a label-free biosensor imaging approach that utilizes a photonic-crystal surface to detect attachment of individual nanoparticles down to ~65×30×30nm3. Matching nanoparticle plasmon resonant-frequency to the photonic-crystal resonance substantially increases sensitivity of the approach.
  • Keywords
    biomedical optical imaging; biosensors; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; nanosensors; optical microscopy; optical sensors; photonic crystals; plasmons; label-free biosensor imaging approach; nanoparticle plasmon resonant-frequency; photonic crystal-enhanced microscopy; photonic-crystal resonance; photonic-crystal surface; single nanoparticle detection; Biosensors; Educational institutions; Nanoparticles; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989666