Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors A Materials Guide to Design and Optimization /

• Main Authors: Oliveira, Leiva Casemiro (Author), Lima, Antonio Marcus Nogueira (Author), Thirstrup, Carsten (Author), Neff, Helmut Franz (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials > Surfaces.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

This book addresses the important physical phenomenon of Surface Plasmon Resonance or Surface Plasmon Polaritons in thin metal films, a phenomenon which is exploited in the design of a large variety of physico-chemical optical sensors. In this treatment, crucial materials aspects for design and opti...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and background information
• Physical features of the surface plasmon polariton
• Physical features of surface plasmon resonance sensors
• Design features of surface plasmon resonance sensors
• Data extraction algorithms
• SPF-sensor properties of metal films and particles: free electron type metals
• Classical noble metals
• Noble transition metals of the platinum group
• Common transition metals
• Other common metals
• SPR active metal-type compounds
• Artificial metal-insulator multi-layer structures
• Conclusions.