“…Several biosensors were developed based on the electrochemical, optical, and piezoelectric detection principles (Kim et al, 2000;Yuk et al, 2006;Vaughan et al, 2001). A disposable polyaniline-based biosensor measuring an electrical response by using conducting polyaniline was developed to fulfill the above-mentioned demands (Muhammad-Tahir and Alocilja, 2003a).…”
“…Several biosensors were developed based on the electrochemical, optical, and piezoelectric detection principles (Kim et al, 2000;Yuk et al, 2006;Vaughan et al, 2001). A disposable polyaniline-based biosensor measuring an electrical response by using conducting polyaniline was developed to fulfill the above-mentioned demands (Muhammad-Tahir and Alocilja, 2003a).…”
“…The resonance wavelength of the LPR sensitively varies with the dielectric condition in the surroundings of a nanoparticle. It has been applied to the transducer of a label-free biosensor that detects the affinity between biomaterials such as a virus, specific chemicals, DNAs, and proteins without fluorescent labeling [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. These LPR characteristics can be utilized with a single nanoparticle [18,19]; then the nanoparticle with the LPR was often expected to be an in vivo nanosensor or an in vivo nanosensitizer detecting biochemical materials in living cells or animals [20,21].…”
This paper reports the facile and high-throughput fabrication method of anisotropic Au nanoparticles with a highly sensitive local surface plasmon resonance (LPR) using cylindrical nanofibers as substrates. The substrates consisting of nanofibers were prepared by the electrospinning of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). The Au nanoparticles were deposited on the surface of electrospun nanofibers by vacuum evaporation. Scanning electron microscopy revealed the formation of a curved Au island structure on the surface of cylindrical nanofibers. Polarized UV-visible extinction spectroscopy showed anisotropy in their LPR arising from the high surface curvature of the nanofiber. The LPR of the Au nanoparticles on the thinnest nanofiber with a diameter of ∼100 nm showed maximum refractive index (RI) sensitivity over 500 nm/RI unit (RIU). The close correlation between the fiber diameter dependence of the RI sensitivity and polarization dependence of the LPR suggests that anisotropic Au nanoparticles improve RI sensitivity.
“…In recent years, lots of efforts have been spent to improve the sensitivity as well as the throughput. Yuk et al [26] introduced an SPRi sensor for the investigation of protein interactions on arrays, where, in addition to the calculation of the resonance wavelength from the SPR reflectivity spectra, the authors also incorporated the position control. With these arrangements, they could quantitatively analyze the specific binding of anti-Rac1 and anti-RhoA to Rac1 and RhoA on the protein arrays.…”
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor is a powerful tool for studying the kinetics of biomolecular interactions because they offer unique real-time and label-free measurement capabilities with high detection sensitivity. In the past two decades, SPR technology has been successfully commercialized and its performance has continuously been improved with lots of engineering efforts. In this review, we describe the recent advances in SPR technologies. The developments of SPR technologies focusing on detection speed, sensitivity, and portability are discussed in details. The incorporation of imaging techniques into SPR sensing is emphasized. In addition, our SPR imaging biosensors based on the scanning of wavelength by a solid-state tunable wavelength filter are highlighted. Finally, significant advances of the vast developments in nanotechnology-associated SPR sensing for sensitivity enhancements are also reviewed. It is hoped that this review will provide some insights for researchers who are interested in SPR sensing, and help them develop SPR sensors with better sensitivity and higher throughput.
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