Plasmonic Sensors and Their Applications
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A:Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 3000
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plasmonic; biosensing; biophotonics; SERS; nanoendoscopy
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Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we explore plasmonic sensors for a wide range of applications, as well as plasmonic sensing that is based on artificial intelligence.
Plasmonics is the study of the events that occur as a result of the oscillation of free electrons on the surface of a metal when the metal is subjected to the stimulation of light. This field has also achieved noteworthy and substantial breakthroughs in sensor technology over the last couple of decades. It is important to note that plasmonic sensors can be roughly divided into two types, surface-enhanced spectroscopic sensors and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors, depending on the type of interaction that takes place between the outgoing photons and the plasmonic material. Surface-enhanced spectroscopic sensors measure light at the surface of an object, while surface plasmon resonance sensors measure light at the surface of an object.
In addition to this, there are normally two SPR modes that are investigated: localized surface plasmon resonance when the plasmons are closely bound to the surface of colloidal nanoparticles or other nanostructures, and propagating surface plasmon resonance at the flat dielectric–metal interface. Additionally, plasmon-based sensing has garnered a lot of interest in recent years due to the fact that it has a high sensing efficiency, low cost, small device footprint, stability, and a remarkable diversity, availability, and reusability of optically functional materials. The existing sensor technology is up against a number of substantial challenges, one of the most critical of which is the investigation of novel nanostructures with designer functions.
This Special Issue's coverage of the many plasmonic surface applications in optical sensing, such as biosensing, chemical sensing, gas sensing, and environmental monitoring, is one of its main goals.
This Special Issue is especially interested in (1) plasmonic nanomaterial characterization, (2) label free plasmonic sensing for chemical and biomaterials, (3) plasmonic surface for SPR/LSPR/SERS/TERS, and 4) computational and developing artificial intelligence based on plasmonic sensors. Researchers are encouraged to contribute to this Special Issue: full research papers, communications or reviews focusing on the keywords specified above are all acceptable forms of contribution.
Dr. Kundan Sivashanmugan
Dr. Xianming Kong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plasmonic-nanomaterials
- biomaterials
- biophotonics
- biosensing
- label-free sensing
- SPR
- LSPR
- TERS
- SERS
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