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John-Herpin A, Tittl A, Kühner L, Richter F, Huang SH, Shvets G, Oh SH, Altug H. Metasurface-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy: An Abundance of Materials and Functionalities. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2110163. [PMID: 35638248 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202110163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Infrared spectroscopy provides unique information on the composition and dynamics of biochemical systems by resolving the characteristic absorption fingerprints of their constituent molecules. Based on this inherent chemical specificity and the capability for label-free, noninvasive, and real-time detection, infrared spectroscopy approaches have unlocked a plethora of breakthrough applications for fields ranging from environmental monitoring and defense to chemical analysis and medical diagnostics. Nanophotonics has played a crucial role for pushing the sensitivity limits of traditional far-field spectroscopy by using resonant nanostructures to focus the incident light into nanoscale hot-spots of the electromagnetic field, greatly enhancing light-matter interaction. Metasurfaces composed of regular arrangements of such resonators further increase the design space for tailoring this nanoscale light control both spectrally and spatially, which has established them as an invaluable toolkit for surface-enhanced spectroscopy. Starting from the fundamental concepts of metasurface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy, a broad palette of resonator geometries, materials, and arrangements for realizing highly sensitive metadevices is showcased, with a special focus on emerging systems such as phononic and 2D van der Waals materials, and integration with waveguides for lab-on-a-chip devices. Furthermore, advanced sensor functionalities of metasurface-based infrared spectroscopy, including multiresonance, tunability, dielectrophoresis, live cell sensing, and machine-learning-aided analysis are highlighted.
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- Aurelian John-Herpin
- Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80539, Munich, Germany
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- Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80539, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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Predicting Concentrations of Mixed Sugar Solutions with a Combination of Resonant Plasmon-Enhanced SEIRA and Principal Component Analysis. SENSORS 2022; 22:s22155567. [PMID: 35898072 PMCID: PMC9329749 DOI: 10.3390/s22155567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The detection and quantification of glucose concentrations in human blood or in the ocular fluid gain importance due to the increasing number of diabetes patients. A reliable determination of these low concentrations is hindered by the complex aqueous environments in which various biomolecules are present. In this study, we push the detection limit as well as the discriminative power of plasmonic nanoantenna-based sensors towards the physiological limit. We utilize plasmonic surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRA) to study aqueous solutions of mixtures of up to five different physiologically relevant saccharides, namely the monosaccharides glucose, fructose, and galactose, as well as the disaccharides maltose and lactose. Resonantly tuned plasmonic nanoantennas in a reflection flow cell geometry allow us to enhance the specific vibrational fingerprints of the mono- and disaccharides. The obtained spectra are analyzed via principal component analysis (PCA) using a machine learning algorithm. The high performance of the sensor together with the strength of PCA allows us to detect concentrations of aqueous mono- and disaccharides solutions down to the physiological levels of 1 g/L. Furthermore, we demonstrate the reliable discrimination of the saccharide concentrations, as well as compositions in mixed solutions, which contain all five mono- and disaccharides simultaneously. These results underline the excellent discriminative power of plasmonic SEIRA spectroscopy in combination with the PCA. This unique combination and the insights gained will improve the detection of biomolecules in different complex environments.
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Li D, Zhou H, Hui X, He X, Huang H, Zhang J, Mu X, Lee C, Yang Y. Multifunctional Chemical Sensing Platform Based on Dual-Resonant Infrared Plasmonic Perfect Absorber for On-Chip Detection of Poly(ethyl cyanoacrylate). ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2101879. [PMID: 34423591 PMCID: PMC8529490 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202101879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Multifunctional chemical sensing is highly desirable in industry, agriculture, and environmental sciences, but remains challenging due to the diversity of chemical substances and reactions. Surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) spectroscopy can potentially address the above problems by ultra-sensitive detection of molecular fingerprint vibrations. Here, a multifunctional chemical sensing platform based on dual-resonant SEIRA device for sensitive and multifunctional on-chip detection of poly(ethyl cyanoacrylate) (PECA) is reported. It is experimentally demonstrated that the SEIRA sensing platform achieves multiple functions required by the PECA glue industry, including vibrational detection, thickness measurement, and in situ observation of polymerization and curing, which are usually realized by separately using a spectrometer, a viscometer, and an ellipsometer in the past. Specifically, the all-in-one sensor offers a dual-band fingerprint vibration identification, sub-nm level detection limit, and ultrahigh sensitivity of 0.76%/nm in thickness measurement, and second-level resolution in real-time observation of polymerization and curing. This work not only provides a valuable toolkit for ultra-sensitive and multifunctional on-chip detection of PECA, but also gives new insights into the SEIRA technology for multi-band, multi-functional, and on-chip chemical sensing.
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- Dongxiao Li
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems of Ministry of EducationInternational R & D center of Micro‐nano Systems and New Materials TechnologyChongqing UniversityChongqing400044P. R. China
- CAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceBeijing Key Laboratory of Micro‐nano Energy and SensorBeijing Institute of Nanoenergy and NanosystemsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100083P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems of Ministry of EducationInternational R & D center of Micro‐nano Systems and New Materials TechnologyChongqing UniversityChongqing400044P. R. China
- Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringCenter for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS (CISM)and NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and EngineeringNational University of SingaporeSingapore117576Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems of Ministry of EducationInternational R & D center of Micro‐nano Systems and New Materials TechnologyChongqing UniversityChongqing400044P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems of Ministry of EducationInternational R & D center of Micro‐nano Systems and New Materials TechnologyChongqing UniversityChongqing400044P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems of Ministry of EducationInternational R & D center of Micro‐nano Systems and New Materials TechnologyChongqing UniversityChongqing400044P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems of Ministry of EducationInternational R & D center of Micro‐nano Systems and New Materials TechnologyChongqing UniversityChongqing400044P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology & Systems of Ministry of EducationInternational R & D center of Micro‐nano Systems and New Materials TechnologyChongqing UniversityChongqing400044P. R. China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringCenter for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS (CISM)and NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and EngineeringNational University of SingaporeSingapore117576Singapore
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- CAS Center for Excellence in NanoscienceBeijing Key Laboratory of Micro‐nano Energy and SensorBeijing Institute of Nanoenergy and NanosystemsChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100083P. R. China
- School of Nanoscience and TechnologyUniversity of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing100049P. R. China
- Center on Nanoenergy ResearchSchool of Physical Science and TechnologyGuangxi UniversityNanning530004P. R. China
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Chen H, Singhal G, Neubrech F, Liu R, Katz JS, Matteucci S, Arturo SG, Wasserman D, Giessen H, Braun PV. Measuring Molecular Diffusion Through Thin Polymer Films with Dual-Band Plasmonic Antennas. ACS NANO 2021; 15:10393-10405. [PMID: 34008953 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c02701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A general and quantitative method to characterize molecular transport in polymers with good temporal and high spatial resolution, in complex environments, is an important need of the pharmaceutical, textile, and food and beverage packaging industries, and of general interest to the polymer science community. Here we show how the amplified infrared (IR) absorbance sensitivity provided by plasmonic nanoantenna-based surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) provides such a method. SEIRA enhances infrared (IR) absorbances primarily within 50 nm of the nanoantennas, enabling localized quantitative detection of even trace quantities of analytes and diffusion measurements in even thin polymer films. Relative to a commercial attenuated total internal reflection (ATR) system, the limit of detection is enhanced at least 13-fold, and as is important for measuring diffusion, the detection volume is about 15 times thinner. Via this approach, the diffusion coefficient and solubility of specific molecules, including l-ascorbic acid (vitamin C), ethanol, various sugars, and water, in both simple and complex mixtures (e.g., beer and a cola soda), were determined in poly(methyl methacrylate), high density polyethylene (HDPE)-based, and polypropylene-based polyolefin films as thin as 250 nm.
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- Hao Chen
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Materials Research Laboratory, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Materials Research Laboratory, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- 2nd Physics Institute, Stuttgart University, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Formulation Science, Corporate Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Formulation Science, Corporate Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, United States
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- Engineering and Process Sciences, Corporate Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- 2nd Physics Institute, Stuttgart University, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Materials Research Laboratory, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Yin H, Li N, Si Y, Zhang H, Yang B, Wang J. Gold nanonails for surface-enhanced infrared absorption. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2020; 5:1200-1212. [PMID: 32578657 DOI: 10.1039/d0nh00244e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) can dramatically enhance the vibrational signals of analyte molecules owing to the interaction between plasmons and molecular vibrations. It has huge potential for applications in various detection and diagnostic fields. High-aspect-ratio rod-like metal nanostructures have been the most widely studied nanomaterials for SEIRA. However, nearly all of the rod-like nanostructures reported previously are fabricated using physical methods. They suffer from damping and low areal number densities. In this work, high-aspect-ratio Au nanorods are synthesized, and Au nanonails are prepared through Au overgrowth on the as-prepared Au nanorods. The aspect ratios of the Au nanorods and nanonails can be varied in the range of ∼10 to ∼60, and their longitudinal dipolar plasmon resonance wavelengths can be correspondingly tailored from ∼1.6 to ∼8.3 μm. The Au nanonails exhibit superior SEIRA performance with 4-aminothiophenol used as the probe molecules. They are further used to detect the common biomolecule l-cysteine. Numerical simulations are further performed to understand the experimental results. They match well with the experimental observations, revealing the mechanism of the SEIRA enhancement. Our study demonstrates that colloidal high-aspect-ratio Au nanonails and nanorods can function as SEIRA nanoantennas for highly sensitive molecular detection in various situations.
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- Hang Yin
- Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanocomposites and Applications, Institute of Nanostructured Functional Materials, Huanghe Science and Technology College, Zhengzhou, Henan 450006, China.
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Wei J, Li Y, Chang Y, Hasan DMN, Dong B, Ma Y, Qiu CW, Lee C. Ultrasensitive Transmissive Infrared Spectroscopy via Loss Engineering of Metallic Nanoantennas for Compact Devices. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:47270-47278. [PMID: 31769956 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b18002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Miniaturized infrared spectroscopy is highly desired for widespread applications, including environment monitoring, chemical analysis, and biosensing. Nanoantennas, as a promising approach, feature strong field enhancement and provide opportunities for ultrasensitive molecule detection even in the nanoscale range. However, current efforts for higher sensitivities by nanogaps usually suffer a trade-off between the performance and fabrication cost. Here, novel crooked nanoantennas are designed with a different paradigm based on loss engineering to overcome the above bottleneck. Compared to the commonly used straight nanoantennas, the crooked nanoantennas feature higher sensitivity and a better fabrication tolerance. Molecule signals are increased by 25 times, reaching an experimental enhancement factor of 2.8 × 104. The optimized structure enables a transmissive CO2 sensor with sensitivities up to 0.067% ppm-1. More importantly, such a performance is achieved without sub-100 nm structures, which are common in previous works, enabling compatibility with commercial optical lithography. The mechanism of our design can be explained by the interplay of radiative and absorptive losses of nanoantennas that obeys the coupled-mode theory. Leveraging the advantage of the transmission mode in an optical system, our work paves the way toward cheap, compact, and ultrasensitive infrared spectroscopy.
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- Jingxuan Wei
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117583 Singapore
- Center for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS , National University of Singapore , 117608 Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117583 Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117583 Singapore
- Center for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS , National University of Singapore , 117608 Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117583 Singapore
- Center for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS , National University of Singapore , 117608 Singapore
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Northsouth University , Plot, 15, Block B Kuril-NSU Road , Dhaka 1229 , Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117583 Singapore
- Center for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS , National University of Singapore , 117608 Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117583 Singapore
- Center for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS , National University of Singapore , 117608 Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117583 Singapore
- Center for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS , National University of Singapore , 117608 Singapore
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , National University of Singapore , 117583 Singapore
- Center for Intelligent Sensors and MEMS , National University of Singapore , 117608 Singapore
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Semenyshyn R, Hentschel M, Huck C, Vogt J, Weiher F, Giessen H, Neubrech F. Resonant Plasmonic Nanoslits Enable in Vitro Observation of Single-Monolayer Collagen-Peptide Dynamics. ACS Sens 2019; 4:1966-1972. [PMID: 31134801 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Proteins perform a variety of essential functions in living cells and thus are of critical interest for drug delivery as well as disease biomarkers. The different functions are derived from a hugely diverse set of structures, fueling interest in their conformational states. Surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy has been utilized to detect and discriminate protein monomers. As an important step forward, we are investigating collagen peptides consisting of a triple helix. While they constitute the main structural building blocks in many complex proteins, they are also a perfect model system for the complex proteins relevant in biological systems. Their complex spectroscopic information as well as the overall small size present a significant challenge for their detection and discrimination. Using resonant plasmonic nanoslits, which are known to show larger specificity compared to nanoantennas, we overcome this challenge. We perform in vitro surface-enhanced absorption spectroscopy studies and track the conformational changes of these collagen peptides under two different external stimuli, which are temperature and chemical surroundings. Modeling the coupling between the amide I vibrational modes and the plasmonic resonance, we can extract the conformational state of the collages and thus monitor the folding and unfolding dynamics of even a single monolayer. This leads to new prospects in studies of single layers of proteins and their folding behavior in minute amounts in a living environment.
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- Rostyslav Semenyshyn
- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, IQST, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, IQST, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, IQST, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Kühner L, Semenyshyn R, Hentschel M, Neubrech F, Tarín C, Giessen H. Vibrational Sensing Using Infrared Nanoantennas: Toward the Noninvasive Quantitation of Physiological Levels of Glucose and Fructose. ACS Sens 2019; 4:1973-1979. [PMID: 31274277 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Monosaccharides, which include the simple sugars such as glucose and fructose, are among the most important carbohydrates in the human diet. Certain chronic diseases, e.g., diabetes mellitus, are associated with anomalous glucose blood levels. Detecting and measuring the levels of monosaccharides in vivo or in aqueous solutions is thus of the utmost importance in life science, health, and point-of-care applications. Noninvasive sensing would avoid problems such as pain and potential infection hazards. Here, with the help of surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) spectroscopy, we demonstrate the reliable optical detection in the mid-infrared spectral range of pure glucose and fructose solutions as well as mixtures of both in aqueous solution. We utilize a reflection flow cell geometry with physiologically relevant concentrations as small as 10 g/L. As significant improvement over the standard baseline correction employed in SEIRA applications, we utilize principal component analysis (PCA) as machine learning algorithm, which is ideally suited for the extraction of vibrational data. We anticipate our results as important step in biosensing applications that will stimulate efforts to further improve the employed SEIRA substrates, the noise level of the spectroscopic light source, as well as the flow cell environment en route to significantly higher sensitivities and quantitative analysis, even in tear drops.
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- Lucca Kühner
- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for System Dynamics and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Waldburgstraße 17/19, 70563 Stuttgart, Germany
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- 4th Physics Institute and Research Center SCoPE, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Watts KE, Blackburn TJ, Pemberton JE. Optical Spectroscopy of Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films: A Status Report. Anal Chem 2019; 91:4235-4265. [PMID: 30790520 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Kristen E Watts
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona 1306 East University Boulevard , Tucson , Arizona 85721 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona 1306 East University Boulevard , Tucson , Arizona 85721 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Arizona 1306 East University Boulevard , Tucson , Arizona 85721 , United States
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Kılıç U, Mock A, Feder R, Sekora D, Hilfiker M, Korlacki R, Schubert E, Argyropoulos C, Schubert M. Tunable plasmonic resonances in Si-Au slanted columnar heterostructure thin films. Sci Rep 2019; 9:71. [PMID: 30635603 PMCID: PMC6329775 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37153-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We report on fabrication of spatially-coherent columnar plasmonic nanostructure superlattice-type thin films with high porosity and strong optical anisotropy using glancing angle deposition. Subsequent and repeated depositions of silicon and gold lead to nanometer-dimension subcolumns with controlled lengths. We perform generalized spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements and finite element method computations to elucidate the strongly anisotropic optical properties of the highly-porous Si-Au slanted columnar heterostructures. The occurrence of a strongly localized plasmonic mode with displacement pattern reminiscent of a dark quadrupole mode is observed in the vicinity of the gold subcolumns. We demonstrate tuning of this quadrupole-like mode frequency within the near-infrared spectral range by varying the geometry of Si-Au slanted columnar heterostructures. In addition, coupled-plasmon-like and inter-band transition-like modes occur in the visible and ultra-violet spectral regions, respectively. We elucidate an example for the potential use of Si-Au slanted columnar heterostructures as a highly porous plasmonic sensor with optical read out sensitivity to few parts-per-million solvent levels in water.
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- Ufuk Kılıç
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.,THz Materials Analysis Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems (IMWS), D-06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA.,THz Materials Analysis Center, Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden.,Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, D-01005, Germany
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Wallace GQ, Lagugné-Labarthet F. Advancements in fractal plasmonics: structures, optical properties, and applications. Analyst 2019; 144:13-30. [DOI: 10.1039/c8an01667d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Fractal nanostructures exhibit optical properties that span the visible to far-infrared and are emerging as exciting structures for plasmon-mediated applications.
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- Gregory Q. Wallace
- Department of Chemistry and the Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research
- University of Western Ontario
- London
- Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and the Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research
- University of Western Ontario
- London
- Canada
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