Optofluidics—the synergistic integration of photonics and microfluidics—is a new analytical
field that provides a number of unique characteristics for enhancing the sensing …

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has demonstrated single-molecule sensitivity
and is becoming intensively investigated due to its significant potential in chemical and …

Photonic crystal surfaces that are designed to function as wavelength-selective optical
resonators have become a widely adopted platform for label-free biosensing, and for …

Sample preparation is a significant challenge for detection and sensing technologies, since
the presence of blood cells can interfere with the accuracy and reliability of virus detection at …

The large-area low-cost rough plasmonic crystal (r-PC) SERS substrates introduced herein
outperform smooth counterparts and rough films both in the magnitude of the enhancement …

Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) leverages the specificity of Raman
scattering and the sensitivity provided by localized plasmonic effects for applications in …

Glancing angle deposition (GLAD) is a technique for the fabrication of sculpted micro-and
nanostructures under the conditions of oblique vapor flux incident and limited adatom …

The design of an all-dielectric nanoantenna based on nonradiating “anapole” modes is
studied for biosensing applications in an aqueous environment, using FDTD …

Noble metal nanogap structure supports strong surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
which can be used to detect single molecules. However, the lack of reproducible fabrication …

Coupling a tightly packed layer of discrete metal nanoparticles to the resonant mode of a
photonic crystal surface has been demonstrated as a means for obtaining additional …