DocumentCode :
2301408
Title :
Optical resonator-based biosensors: Plasmonic enhancements for label-free single molecule detection
Author :
Vollmer, F.
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
fYear :
2012
fDate :
23-27 Sept. 2012
Firstpage :
334
Lastpage :
335
Abstract :
Microcavity biosensors derive their sensitivity from monitoring frequency shifts induced by protein binding at sites of highly confined field intensities, where field strengths can be further amplified by excitation of plasmon resonances in nanoparticle layers.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biosensors; microcavities; microsensors; molecular biophysics; nanoparticles; optical resonators; optical sensors; plasmonics; plasmons; proteins; sensitivity; field strengths; frequency shift monitoring; label-free single molecule detection; microcavity biosensors; nanoparticle layers; optical resonator-based biosensors; plasmon resonance excitation; plasmonic enhancements; protein binding; sensitivity; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Gold; ISO standards; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Resonant frequency;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358628
Filename :
6358628
Link To Document :
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