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Plasmonics for future biosensors

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Confinement and enhancement of light by plasmonics allows a high density of independent subwavelength sensor elements to be constructed in micrometre-sized arrays. It is relatively straightforward to integrate those sensors into microfluidics chips, making plasmonic structures promising for use in next-generation modern biosensors.

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Figure 1: Schematic of a hypothetical biosensor with plasmonics-enabled detection.
Figure 2: Schematic representation of LSPR from a single nanoparticle.
Figure 3: Schematic representation of two examples of plasmonic single-molecule detection.
Figure 4: Schematic representation of a plasmonic nanohole flow-through biosensor.

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