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dc.contributor.authorKealley, Cat
dc.contributor.authorArnold, M.
dc.contributor.authorPorkovich, A.
dc.contributor.authorCortie, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:56:43Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:56:43Z
dc.date.created2014-11-19T01:13:31Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationKealley, C. and Arnold, M. and Porkovich, A. and Cortie, M. 2010. Sensors based on monochromatic interrogation of a localised surface plasmonresonance. Sensors and Actuators B. 148: pp. 34-40.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36621
dc.description.abstract

The localised surface plasmon resonance in gold nanoparticles can be used as the basis of a refractometric sensor. Usually, this is accomplished by monitoring a shift in wavelength of the resonance peak, a task which requires measurements over a range of wavelengths. Here we investigate a different scheme, in which interrogation of the sensor is carried out at a single wavelength. We have used numerical simulations to estimate the effect that the shape of gold nanoparticles would have on the performance on such sensors. A variety of geometries of gold nanoparticles were investigated, including nano-spheres, nano-rods, nano-triangles, and nano-bowties. The performance of a sensor that operates at a single wavelength is controlled by dT/dn, the change in transmittance T with refractive index n, determined at the interrogation wavelength. In turn, dT/dn depends upon the extinction cross-section of the nanoparticles at the chosen wavelength, and on the density of the nanoparticles in the light path. Contributions to the sensor efficiency also include the shift in wavelength of the plasmon resonance and, importantly, the peak sharpness. Of the particles examined, gold nano-rods will provide the most sensitive sensors by a large margin.

dc.publisherElsevier SA
dc.subjectSensor efficiency
dc.subjectRefractometric sensor
dc.subjectGold nanoparticles
dc.subjectPlasmon resonance
dc.subjectParticle shape
dc.titleSensors based on monochromatic interrogation of a localised surface plasmonresonance
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume148
dcterms.source.startPage34
dcterms.source.endPage40
dcterms.source.issn09254005
dcterms.source.titleSensors and Actuators B
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