Real-time label-free surface plasmon resonance biosensing with gold nanohole arrays fabricated by nanoimprint lithography

Sensors (Basel). 2013 Oct 16;13(10):13960-8. doi: 10.3390/s131013960.

Abstract

In this work we present a surface plasmon resonance sensor based on enhanced optical transmission through sub-wavelength nanohole arrays. This technique is extremely sensitive to changes in the refractive index of the surrounding medium which result in a modulation of the transmitted light. The periodic gold nanohole array sensors were fabricated by high-throughput thermal nanoimprint lithography. Square periodic arrays with sub-wavelength hole diameters were obtained and characterized. Using solutions with known refractive index, the array sensitivities were obtained. Finally, protein absorption was monitored in real-time demonstrating the label-free biosensing capabilities of the fabricated devices.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Absorption
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Computer Systems
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / ultrastructure*
  • Molecular Imprinting / methods
  • Nanopores / ultrastructure*
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation*
  • Particle Size
  • Protein Array Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Staining and Labeling

Substances

  • Gold