Review of plasmonic fiber optic biochemical sensors: improving the limit of detection

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 407, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 3883-3897

  Caucheteur, Christophe ^a   Guo, Tuan ^b   Albert, Jacques ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biochemical sensing; Bragg; Chemical sensing; Gold; Grating; Immunosensing; Nanoparticles; Optical fiber; Photonics; Plasmonics; Polaritons

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; INFRARED DEVICES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHONONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VIRUSES;

BIOCHEMICAL SENSING; BRAGG; CHEMICAL SENSING; GRATING; IMMUNOSENSING; POLARITONS;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVICES; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PROCEDURES;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; OPTICAL IMAGING;

EID: 85028206631     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-8411-6     Document Type: Review

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