Analysis of Plasmonic Sensors Performance Realized by Exploiting Different UV-Cured Optical Adhesives Combined with Plastic Optical Fibers
Polymer-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors can be used to realize simple, small-size, disposable, and low-cost biosensors for application in several fields, e.g., healthcare. The performance of SPR sensors based on optical waveguides can be changed by tuning several parameters, such as th...
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| author | Francesco Arcadio Chiara Marzano Domenico Del Prete Luigi Zeni Nunzio Cennamo |
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| description | Polymer-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors can be used to realize simple, small-size, disposable, and low-cost biosensors for application in several fields, e.g., healthcare. The performance of SPR sensors based on optical waveguides can be changed by tuning several parameters, such as the dimensions and the shape of the waveguides, the refractive index of the core, and the metal nanofilms used to excite the SPR phenomenon. In this work, in order to develop, experimentally test, and compare several polymer-based plasmonic sensors, realized by using waveguides with different core refractive indices, optical adhesives and 3D printed blocks with a trench inside have been used. In particular, the sensors are realized by filling the blocks’ trenches (with two plastic optical fibers located at the end of these) with different UV-cured optical adhesives and then covering them with the same bilayer to excite the SPR phenomenon. The developed SPR sensors have been characterized by numerical and experimental results. Finally, in order to propose photonic solutions for healthcare, a comparative analysis has been reported to choose the best sensor configuration useful for developing low-cost biosensors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb9f4914e15340419c76a8e4a6741bc62023-11-18T17:31:46ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202023-07-012313618210.3390/s23136182Analysis of Plasmonic Sensors Performance Realized by Exploiting Different UV-Cured Optical Adhesives Combined with Plastic Optical FibersFrancesco Arcadio0Chiara Marzano1Domenico Del Prete2Luigi Zeni3Nunzio Cennamo4Department of Engineering, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, ItalyDepartment of Engineering, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, ItalyDepartment of Engineering, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, ItalyDepartment of Engineering, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, ItalyDepartment of Engineering, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa, ItalyPolymer-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors can be used to realize simple, small-size, disposable, and low-cost biosensors for application in several fields, e.g., healthcare. The performance of SPR sensors based on optical waveguides can be changed by tuning several parameters, such as the dimensions and the shape of the waveguides, the refractive index of the core, and the metal nanofilms used to excite the SPR phenomenon. In this work, in order to develop, experimentally test, and compare several polymer-based plasmonic sensors, realized by using waveguides with different core refractive indices, optical adhesives and 3D printed blocks with a trench inside have been used. In particular, the sensors are realized by filling the blocks’ trenches (with two plastic optical fibers located at the end of these) with different UV-cured optical adhesives and then covering them with the same bilayer to excite the SPR phenomenon. The developed SPR sensors have been characterized by numerical and experimental results. Finally, in order to propose photonic solutions for healthcare, a comparative analysis has been reported to choose the best sensor configuration useful for developing low-cost biosensors.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/13/6182surface plasmon resonance (SPR)plastic optical fibers (POFs)optical sensorspolymer-based optical waveguidesUV-cured optical adhesives3D-printed sensor chips |
| spellingShingle | Francesco Arcadio Chiara Marzano Domenico Del Prete Luigi Zeni Nunzio Cennamo Analysis of Plasmonic Sensors Performance Realized by Exploiting Different UV-Cured Optical Adhesives Combined with Plastic Optical Fibers Sensors surface plasmon resonance (SPR) plastic optical fibers (POFs) optical sensors polymer-based optical waveguides UV-cured optical adhesives 3D-printed sensor chips |
| title | Analysis of Plasmonic Sensors Performance Realized by Exploiting Different UV-Cured Optical Adhesives Combined with Plastic Optical Fibers |
| title_full | Analysis of Plasmonic Sensors Performance Realized by Exploiting Different UV-Cured Optical Adhesives Combined with Plastic Optical Fibers |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of Plasmonic Sensors Performance Realized by Exploiting Different UV-Cured Optical Adhesives Combined with Plastic Optical Fibers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Plasmonic Sensors Performance Realized by Exploiting Different UV-Cured Optical Adhesives Combined with Plastic Optical Fibers |
| title_short | Analysis of Plasmonic Sensors Performance Realized by Exploiting Different UV-Cured Optical Adhesives Combined with Plastic Optical Fibers |
| title_sort | analysis of plasmonic sensors performance realized by exploiting different uv cured optical adhesives combined with plastic optical fibers |
| topic | surface plasmon resonance (SPR) plastic optical fibers (POFs) optical sensors polymer-based optical waveguides UV-cured optical adhesives 3D-printed sensor chips |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/13/6182 |
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