Colorimetrics: Colorimetric Plasmon Resonance Imaging Using Nano Lycurgus Cup Arrays (Advanced Optical Materials 1/2013)

Manas Ranjan Gartia, Austin Hsiao, Anusha Pokhriyal, Sujin Seo, Gulsim Kulsharova, Brian T. Cunningham, Tiziana C. Bond, Gang Logan Liu

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Abstract

A nanocup structure that mimics the Lycurgus cup effect enables nanoplasmonic spectroscopy to be used for colorimetric sensing, requiring only the naked eye or ordinary visible color photography. Enhanced optical transmission from the subwavelength cup structures couples with the localized surface plasmon from metal nanoparticles on the side walls of the cup, creating extraordinary sensitivity and visible color changes. Utility of the sensor for chemical imaging, biomolecular imaging, and integration to portable microfluidics devices for lab-on chip-applications is demonstrated by Liu and co-workers on page 68.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1
Number of pages1
JournalAdvanced Optical Materials
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2013

Keywords

  • Biosensing
  • Colorimetric imaging
  • Nanoarrays
  • Nanoholes
  • Surface plasmons

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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