Rational selection of gold nanorod geometry for label-free plasmonic biosensors

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 795-806

  Nusz, Greg J ^a   Curry, Adam C ^a   Marinakos, Stella M ^a   Wax, Adam ^a   Chilkoti, Ashutosh ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Gold nanorods; Label free; Limit of detection; Nanoparticle; Plasmonics; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTE; ANALYTE MOLECULES; ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; ANALYTICAL MODEL; APRIORI; BOUND MOLECULES; DETECTION SYSTEM; DYNAMIC RANGE; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUTURE GENERATIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOROD; GOLD NANORODS; LABEL-FREE; LIMIT-OF-DETECTION; LOCAL SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES; MOLECULAR DETECTION; NANOPARTICLE GEOMETRIES; PEAK WAVELENGTH; PLASMONIC BIOSENSORS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; PLASMONICS; RATIONAL DESIGN; STREPTAVIDIN;

GOLD; LABELS; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PLASMONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BIOSENSORS;

BIOTIN; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTIN; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; STREPTAVIDIN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 66949152524     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8006465     Document Type: Article

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