“Grafting-To” Covalent Binding of Plasmonic Nanoparticles onto Silica WGM Microresonators: Mechanically Robust Single-Molecule Sensors and Determination of Activation Energies from Single-Particle Events

We hereby present a novel “grafting-to”-like approach for the covalent attachment of plasmonic nanoparticles (PNPs) onto whispering gallery mode (WGM) silica microresonators. Mechanically stable optoplasmonic microresonators were employed for sensing single-particle and single-molecule interactions...

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Main Authors: Mariana P. Serrano, Sivaraman Subramanian, Catalina von Bilderling, Matías Rafti, Frank Vollmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/7/3455