Fluorescence-based biosensor platforms have been intensively investigated not only to
increase the sensitivity but also to improve the performance of biosensors. By exploiting …

Metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF) is a unique phenomenon of surface plasmons, where
light interacts with the metallic nanostructures and produces electromagnetic fields to …

Plasmonic nanoparticles can strongly interact with adjacent fluorophores, resulting in
plasmon-enhanced fluorescence or fluorescence quenching. This dipolar coupling is …

Whispering gallery modes (WGMs) have been exploited for a broad range of sensing
applications. However, the vast majority of WGM sensors consist of passive resonators …

Metal-enhanced fluorescence of molecular probes in plasmonic nanostructures offers highly
sensitive chemical and biomedical analyses, but a comprehensive theory of the …

Polarization-controlled excitation of plasmonic modes in nanometric Au particle-on-film gaps
is investigated experimentally using single-particle dark-field spectroscopy. Two distinct …

A general framework for determining fundamental bounds in nanophotonics is introduced in
this paper. The theory is based on convex optimization of dual problems constructed from …

This review describes the recent advances in plasmonic nanostructures for various sensing
applications. In particular, significant advances in surface-enhanced Raman, surface …

Ordered arrays of copper nanostructures were fabricated and modified with porphyrin
molecules in order to evaluate fluorescence enhancement due to the localized surface …

This is a short communication based on recent high-impact publications related to how
various chemical materials and substrate modifications could be tuned for nano-and …