Enhancing performance of a miniaturized surface plasmon resonance sensor in the reflectance detection mode using a waveguide-coupled bimetallic chip

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Lee, Yeon Kyung ^a   Jang, Dae Ho ^b   Lee, Kyeong Seok ^c   Kim, Won Mok ^c   Sohn, Young Soo ^a  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intensity measurement; Low molecular weight biomolecule; Miniaturized spr sensor; Waveguide coupled bimetallic chip

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; COENZYMES; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMONS; REFLECTION; SILICA; WAVEGUIDES; ZINC SULFIDE;

DETECTION CAPABILITY; ENHANCED RESOLUTIONS; INTENSITY DETECTION; INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPR SENSORS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84887288536     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-344     Document Type: Article

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