Functional graphene composite films for surface plasmon resonance sensor technology

Author

Jang Ah Kim ; Taehyun Hwang ; Dugasani, Sreekantha Reddy ; Atul, Kulkarni ; Sung Ha Park ; Taesung Kim

Author_Institution

SKKU Adv. Inst. of Nano Technol. (St.), Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon, South Korea

fYear

2014

fDate

2-5 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1328

Lastpage

1331

Abstract

In this study, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based fiber optic sensors coated with pristine graphene and functionalized graphene composite film were evaluated. Graphene synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is transferred on the sensing area of the optical fiber. The sensor operates based on the principle that SPR changes according to the refractive indices of analytes. This sensor was evaluated with structural DNA lattice functionalized with biotin (DXB) and streptavidin (SA). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ever attempt to use graphene as a replacement for conventional metal films. The exact SPR phenomena and the red-shift of 7.276 nm signals for the DXB and SA combination were observed. We believe that the use of graphene as the metallic film in the SPR sensor will lead to a new area of study in biochemical sensing technology.

Keywords

DNA; biochemistry; biosensors; chemical sensors; chemical vapour deposition; fibre optic sensors; graphene; surface plasmon resonance; C; biochemical sensing technology; biotin; chemical vapor deposition; fiber optic sensors; functional graphene composite films; metallic film; pristine graphene; streptavidin; structural DNA lattice; surface plasmon resonance sensor technology; Copper; DNA; Graphene; Lattices; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Plasmons; biosensor; fiber optic; graphene; structural DNA lattice; surface plasmon resonance (SPR);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SENSORS, 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Valencia

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2014.6985256

Filename

6985256