Single nanoparticle plasmonic sensors

The adoption of plasmonic nanomaterials in optical sensors, coupled with the advances in detection techniques, has opened the way for biosensing with single plasmonic particles. Single nanoparticle sensors offer the potential to analyse biochemical interactions at a single-molecule level, thereby allowing us to capture even more information than ensemble measurements. We introduce the concepts behind single nanoparticle sensing and how the localised surface plasmon resonances of these nanoparticles are dependent upon their materials, shape and size. Then we outline the different synthetic approaches, like citrate reduction, seed-mediated and seedless growth, that enable the synthesis of gold and silver nanospheres, nanorods, nanostars, nanoprisms and other nanostructures with tunable sizes. Further, we go into the aspects related to purification and functionalisation of nanoparticles, prior to the fabrication of sensing surfaces. Finally, the recent developments in single nanoparticle detection, spectroscopy and sensing applications are discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) - 15(2015), 10 vom: 12. Okt., Seite 25774-92

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sriram, Manish [VerfasserIn]
Zong, Kelly [VerfasserIn]
Vivekchand, S R C [VerfasserIn]
Gooding, J Justin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Metal nanoparticles
Optical sensors
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Sensors
Single molecule detection
Surface plasmons

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.05.2016

Date Revised 08.01.2019

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/s151025774

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM253750016