Enhancing surface plasmon detection using template-stripped gold nanoslit arrays on plastic films

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2931-2939

  Lee, Kuang Li ^a   Chen, Pei Wen ^b   Wu, Shu Han ^c   Huang, Jhih Bin ^b   Yang, Sen Yeu ^d   Wei, Pei Kuen ^a,b,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fano resonance; nanoslit array; optical sensors; subwavelength structures; surface plasmon resonance; template stripping

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; FANO RESONANCES; FIGURE OF MERITS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; GOLD SURFACES; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; LABEL-FREE DETECTION; LOW COST FABRICATION; NANOSLITS; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS; SLIT WIDTH; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; SURFACE PLASMON PROPAGATION; SURFACE PLASMONS; TEMPLATE STRIPPING; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

BANDWIDTH; GOLD; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PLASMONS; PLASTIC FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

GOLD; PLASTIC; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

GOLD; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASTICS; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84860372435     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3001142     Document Type: Article

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