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Performance analysis of graphene-based surface plasmon resonance biosensor for blood glucose and gas detection

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The present study exhibits excellent sensing characteristics of graphene-based prism-coupled surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor for effectual sensing of both glucose concentrations in human blood samples in the range 25–175 mg/dl and gas with refractive index variations from 1.0000 to 1.0007 at a wavelength of 589 nm. The foremost attractiveness of the proposed SPR biosensor lies with excellent optical properties of N-FK51A-based glass prism along with the inclusion of a gold layer and a thin graphene layer. Transfer matrix method and angular interrogation technique are employed to envisage sharp SPR reflectance curves by optimizing the thickness of the gold layer and number of graphene layers. Aside this, an excellent electric field enhancement factor is accomplished near the graphene and sensing layer interface, which dramatically escalates the absorption of glucose and gas analytes. Subsequently, several performance measuring factors such as sensitivity, detection accuracy, resonance angle shift, and quality factor are thoroughly scrutinized and compared with other conventional SPR sensors. Moreover, simulation results reveal some noteworthy upshots like sensitivity of 275.15°/RIU, detection accuracy of 1.41/°, and quality factor of 76.2 that are obtained for glucose analytes, whereas sensitivity of 92.1°/RIU, detection accuracy of 2.55/° and quality factor of 230.2 are attained for gaseous analytes. Interestingly, it is found that the aforementioned parameters fitted excellently with a linear trend line, which leads to accurate investigation of glucose concentration as well as gaseous analytes. Hence the suggested structure opens up an avenue for suitable biomedical application.

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    Abinash Panda & Puspa Devi Pukhrambam

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Panda, A., Pukhrambam, P.D. & Keiser, G. Performance analysis of graphene-based surface plasmon resonance biosensor for blood glucose and gas detection. Appl. Phys. A 126, 153 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-3328-8

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