Highly sensitive biosensors based on all-dielectric nanoresonators
Bontempi N, Chong KE, Orton HW, Staude I, Choi DY, Alessandri I, Kivshar YS, Neshev DN (2017)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Book Volume: 9
Pages Range: 4972-4980
Journal Issue: 15
DOI: 10.1039/c6nr07904k
Abstract
Biosensing based on nanophotonic structures has shown a great potential for cost-efficient, high-speed and compact personal medical diagnostics. While plasmonic nanosensors offer high sensitivity, their intrinsically restricted resonance quality factors and strong heating due to metal absorption impose severe limitations on real life applications. Here, we demonstrate an all-dielectric sensing platform based on silicon nanodisks with strong optically-induced magnetic resonances, which are able to detect a concentration of streptavidin of as low as 10-10 M (mol L-1) or 5 ng mL-1, thus pushing the current detection limit by at least two orders of magnitudes. Our study suggests a new direction in biosensing based on bio-compatible, non-toxic, robust and low-loss dielectric nanoresonators with potential applications in medicine, including disease diagnosis and drug detection.
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APA:
Bontempi, N., Chong, K.E., Orton, H.W., Staude, I., Choi, D.-Y., Alessandri, I.,... Neshev, D.N. (2017). Highly sensitive biosensors based on all-dielectric nanoresonators. Nanoscale, 9(15), 4972-4980. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6nr07904k
MLA:
Bontempi, Nicolo, et al. "Highly sensitive biosensors based on all-dielectric nanoresonators." Nanoscale 9.15 (2017): 4972-4980.
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