scholarly journals Ultrasensitive Biosensor with Hyperbolic Metamaterials Composed of Silver and Zinc Oxide

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2220
Author(s):  
Shuhan Chen ◽  
Shiqi Hu ◽  
Yichen Wu ◽  
Dingnan Deng ◽  
Yunhan Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Incidence Angle ◽  
Interaction Strength ◽  
Physical Reason ◽  
Filling Fraction ◽  
Electric Field Amplitude ◽  
Spr Sensor ◽  
Biochemical Sensing

We propose a hyperbolic metamaterial-based surface plasmon resonance (HMM-SPR) sensor by composing a few pairs of alternating silver (Ag) and zinc oxide (ZnO) layers. Aiming to achieve the best design for the sensor, the dependence of the sensitivity on the incidence angle, the thickness of the alternating layer and the metal filling fraction are explored comprehensively. We find that the proposed HMM-SPR sensor achieves an average sensitivity of 34,800 nm per refractive index unit (RIU) and a figure of merit (FOM) of 470.7 RIU−1 in the refractive index ranging from 1.33 to 1.34. Both the sensitivity (S) and the FOM show great enhancement when compared to the conventional silver-based SPR sensor (Ag-SPR). The underlying physical reason for the higher performance is analyzed by numerical simulation using the finite element method. The higher sensitivity could be attributed to the enhanced electric field amplitude and the increased penetration depth, which respectively increase the interaction strength and the sensing volume. The proposed HMM-SPR sensor with greatly improved sensitivity and an improved figure of merit is expected to find application in biochemical sensing due to the higher resolution.

scholarly journals Nanoslotted microring resonator for high figure of merit refractive index sensing

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daquan Yang ◽  
Bing Duan ◽  
Xuan Zhang ◽  
Hui Lu
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Fdtd Method ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Microring Resonator ◽  
Strong Light ◽  
Refractive Index Sensing ◽  
Biochemical Sensing ◽  
Light Matter Interaction ◽  
High Figure

A nanoslotted microring resonator (NSMR) with enhanced light-matter interaction has been designed, which can be used for high sensitive refractive index sensing. The performance of the device is investigated theoretically based on a three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (3D-FDTD) method. In order to achieve high figure of merit sensing, the nanoslot geometry is exploited to make the optical field strongly localized inside the low index region and overlap sufficiently with the analytes. By using the 3D-FDTD method, the proposed NSMR sensor device achieves a high Q-factor (Q > 105) and sensitivity ~100 nm/RIU (RIU – refractive index unit). Moreover, the strong light confinement introduced by the nanoslot in NSMR results in the sensor figure of merit as high as 6.73 × 103. Thus, the design we proposed is a promising platform for refractive index-based biochemical sensing and lab-on-a-chip applications.

Effects of Ce filling fraction and Fe content on the thermoelectric properties of Co-rich CeyFexCo4−xSb12

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 837-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinfeng Tang ◽  
Lidong Chen ◽  
Takashi Goto ◽  
Toshio Hirai
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Lattice Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Hole Concentration ◽  
Thermoelectric Figure Of Merit ◽  
Thermoelectric Figure ◽  
Filling Fraction ◽  
Fe Content

Single-phase filled skutterudite compounds, CeyFexCo4−xSb12 (x = 0 to 3.0, y = 0 to 0.74), were synthesized by a melting method. The effects of Fe content and Ce filling fraction on the thermoelectric properties of CeyFexCo4−xSb12 were investigated. The lattice thermal conductivity of Ce-saturated CeyFexCo4−xSb12, y being at the maximum corresponding to x, decreased with increasing Fe content (x) and reached its minimum at about x = 1.5. When x was 1.5, lattice thermal conductivity decreased with increasing Ce filling fraction till y = 0.3 and then began to increase after reaching the minimum at y = 0.3. Hole concentration and electrical conductivity of Cey Fe1.5Co2.5Sb12 decreased with increasing Ce filling fraction. The Seebeck coefficient increased with increasing Ce filling fraction. The greatest dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit T value of 1.1 was obtained at 750 K for the composition of Ce0.28Fe1.52Co2.48Sb12.

scholarly journals Analysis of Effects of Surface Roughness on Sensing Performance of Surface Plasmon Resonance Detection for Refractive Index Sensing Application

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (18) ◽  
pp. 6164
Author(s):  
Treesukon Treebupachatsakul ◽  
Siratchakrit Shinnakerdchoke ◽  
Suejit Pechprasarn
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Surface Plasmon Resonance ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Plasmon Resonance ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Root Mean Square Roughness ◽  
Performance Parameters ◽  
Refractive Index Sensing ◽  
Sensing Performance

This paper provides a theoretical framework to analyze and quantify roughness effects on sensing performance parameters of surface plasmon resonance measurements. Rigorous coupled-wave analysis and the Monte Carlo method were applied to compute plasmonic reflectance spectra for different surface roughness profiles. The rough surfaces were generated using the low pass frequency filtering method. Different coating and surface treatments and their reported root-mean-square roughness in the literature were extracted and investigated in this study to calculate the refractive index sensing performance parameters, including sensitivity, full width at half maximum, plasmonic dip intensity, plasmonic dip position, and figure of merit. Here, we propose a figure-of-merit equation considering optical intensity contrast and signal-to-noise ratio. The proposed figure-of-merit equation could predict a similar refractive index sensing performance compared to experimental results reported in the literature. The surface roughness height strongly affected all the performance parameters, resulting in a degraded figure of merit for surface plasmon resonance measurement.

scholarly journals All-Metal Terahertz Metamaterial Biosensor for Protein Detection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gangqi Wang ◽  
Fengjie Zhu ◽  
Tingting Lang ◽  
Jianjun Liu ◽  
Zhi Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stainless Steel ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Bovine Serum Albumin ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Limit Of Detection ◽  
Protein Detection ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Detection Sensitivity ◽  
Drilling Technology ◽  
Simulation Results

Abstract In this paper, a terahertz (THz) biosensor based on all-metal metamaterial is theoretically investigated and experimentally verified. This THz metamaterial biosensor uses stainless steel materials that are manufactured via laser-drilling technology. The simulation results show that the maximum refractive index (RI) sensitivity and the figure of merit (FOM) of this metamaterial sensor are 294.95 GHz/RIU and 4.03, respectively. Then, bovine serum albumin (BSA) was chosen as the detection substance to assess this biosensor’s effectiveness. The experiment results show that the detection sensitivity is 72.81 GHz/(ng/mm2) and the limit of detection (LOD) is 0.035 mg/mL. This THz metamaterial biosensor is simple, cost-effective, easy to fabricate, and have great potential in various biosensing applications.

scholarly journals Спектроскопия слоев на плоскопараллельных подложках

2020 ◽  
Vol 128 (8) ◽  
pp. 1133
Author(s):  
А.Б. Сотский ◽  
С.С. Михеев ◽  
Н.И. Стаськов ◽  
Л.И. Сотская
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Thin Layers ◽  
Transmission Spectra ◽  
Coherent Light ◽  
Polarized Waves ◽  
Partially Coherent Light ◽  
Aluminum Doped Zinc Oxide ◽  
Analytical Formulae ◽  
Oblique Illumination

Integral expressions for the reflectance and transmittance spectra of the structure consisted of two thin layers deposited on opposite faces of a plane-parallel substrate at oblique illumination of the structure with partially coherent light are obtained. As a result of the asymptotic analysis of the integrals, approximate analytical formulae are established for calculating the indicated spectra, convenient for use in solving inverse spectrophotometry problems. An aluminum doped zinc oxide layer deposited on a glass substrate is studied. The spectra of the refractive index and absorption coefficient of the layer and the substrate, as well as the thickness of the layer, are determined by processing the reflectance and transmission spectra of the structure, measured for s- and p- polarized waves at two angles of light incidence. The found parameters are used in computational experiments to estimate the applicability limits of the formulated approximations.

Si-grating-assisted SPR sensor with high figure of merit based on Fabry–Pérot cavity

2020 ◽  
Vol 457 ◽  
pp. 124641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liuwen Zeng ◽  
Miao Chen ◽  
Wei Yan ◽  
Zhaofeng Li ◽  
Fuhua Yang
Keyword(s):  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Spr Sensor ◽  
Fabry Perot ◽  
High Figure

Investigation of Optical Properties of Aluminium Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering

2013 ◽  
Vol 446-447 ◽  
pp. 259-262
Author(s):  
J.H. Gu ◽  
T. Zhang ◽  
Z.Y. Zhong ◽  
C.Y. Yang ◽  
J. Hou
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Zinc Oxide ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Magnetron Sputtering ◽  
Structural Properties ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Dispersion Model ◽  
Argon Pressure ◽  
Optical Energy Gap ◽  
Characterization Methods

Aluminium doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films were prepared by magnetron-sputtering. The optical and structural properties of the films were investigated by optical transmission spectra and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements, respectively. The results indicate that the AZO films have hexagonal wurtzite structure with highly c-axis preferred orientation. The optical and structural properties of the films are observed to be subjected to the argon pressure. The AZO film prepared at the argon pressure of 0.5 Pa exhibits the largest crystallite size and the highest average visible transmittance. Also, the refractive index and optical energy-gap of the films were determined by optical characterization methods. The dispersion behavior of the refractive index was studied using the Sellmeier’s dispersion model.

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