Surface plasmon field-enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy (SPFS) is a promising methodology for point-of-care (POC) testing. The SPFS devices that have been reported are equipped with an angle rotating stage to adjust the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) angle. In a clinical setting, however, the SPR angle determination is a tedious and time-consuming process. In this study, we employed an SPFS i...

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I. Introduction The literature points to a vast array of plasmonic enhancement effects being studied for biosensing applications. Plasmonic biosensors utilise surface plasmon waves to sense the surface adsorption of analytes from a complex sample solution. In this report, we present a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor (based on the Kretchmann configuration) which incorporates surface na...

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors provide a useful means to study the interactions of biological molecules and the reaction of living cells on a sensor chip. However, conventional SPR sensors are bulky, expensive and complicated to use as common diagnostic equipment. In this study, we developed a relatively small and simple SPR system, using optical fibers of 250 microm diameter to detect...

Resonant propagating waves created on the surface of a dielectric multilayer stack, called Bloch surface waves (BSW), can be designed for high sensitivity monitoring of the adjacent refractive index as an alternative platform to the metal-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensing. The resonant wavelength and polarization can be designed by engineering of the dielectric layers unlike the fix...

Whispering gallery modes (WGMs) in surface-fixated fluorescent polystyrene microbeads are studied in view of their capability of sensing the formation of biochemical adsorption layers on their outer surface with the well-established biotin-streptavidin specific binding as the model system. Three different methods for analysis of the observed shifts in the WGM wavelength positions are applied an...

This paper describes an ultrasensitive surface plasmon resonance (SPR) detection method using biofunctionalized gold nanorods for the direct detection of protein biomarkers. Immunoglobulin E (IgE), which has separate antibody and DNA aptamer binding sites, was chosen as a model protein for which a sandwich assay platform was designed. Detection was achieved via the specific adsorption of unlabe...

The stable yellow nanosilver (AgNP) and blue nanosilver (AgNPB) sols were prepared by the NaBH4 procedure. The new nanocatalytic reaction of AgNP-NaCl-H2O2 was investigated by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) absorption, resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS), surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) techniques. The autocatalytic oxidization of Ag on AgNP surf...

Non-invasive real-time observations and the evaluation of living cell conditions and functions are increasingly demanded in life sciences. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors detect the refractive index (RI) changes on the surface of sensor chips in label-free and on a real-time basis. Using SPR sensors, we and other groups have developed techniques to evaluate living cells' reactions in re...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: aMBs: Allosteric Molecular Beacons; AuNPs: Gold Nanoparticles; CNTs: Carbon Nanotubes; CV: Cyclic Voltammetry; DPV: Differential Pulse Voltammetry; dsDNA: Double Stranded DNA; FRET: Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; G-DNA Genomic DNA; GMO: Genetically Modified Organisms; ITO: Indium Tin Oxide; LOD: Limit of Detection; MB: Molecu...