Optical sensors based on excitation of surface plasmons, commonly referred to as surface
plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors, belong to the group of refractometric sensing devices …

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors have been a mature technology for more than
two decades now, however, recent investigations show continuous enhancement of their …

A rapidly emerging field in lab-on-a-chip (LOC) research is the development of devices to
improve the health of people in developing countries. In this review, we identify diseases …

The absorption and binding energy of material plays an important role with a large surface
area and conductivity for the development of any sensing device. The newly grown 2D …

Although a fundamental understanding of the pathogenicity of most biothreat agents has
been elucidated and available treatments have increased substantially over the past …

A variety of configurations and formats have been devised to exploit the phenomenon of
surface plasmon on metal dielectric interfaces for sensing a variety of significant analytes …

Recent events have made public health officials acutely aware of the importance of rapidly
and accurately detecting acts of bioterrorism. Because bioterrorism is difficult to predict or …

Reliable methods for rapid, selective detection of pathogens are critical to ensure the safety
of food supplies and to diagnose infectious, bacterial diseases accurately. For certain …

Physical chemistry, materials science, analytical chemistry and engineering greatly
contributed to the increasing popularity of bioanalytical and biophysical applications of …

When the sizes of materials are reduced in one or more dimensions their physical and
chemical properties can change dramatically. These changes affect their electromagnetic …