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Record Nr.

UNINA9910741186303321

Autore

Oliveira Leiva Casemiro

Titolo

Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors : A Materials Guide to Design and Optimization / / by Leiva Casemiro Oliveira, Antonio Marcus Nogueira Lima, Carsten Thirstrup, Helmut Franz Neff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-14926-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Physics, , 2191-5423

Disciplina

530.416

Soggetti

Surfaces (Physics)

Interfaces (Physical sciences)

Thin films

Optical materials

Electronic materials

Lasers

Photonics

Materials—Surfaces

Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films

Optical and Electronic Materials

Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices

Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.



Sommario/riassunto

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 optimization of SPR sensors are investigated and outlined in detail. The text covers the selection of nanometer thin metal films, ranging from free-electron to the platinum type conductors, along with their combination with a large variety of dielectric substrate materials, and associated individual layer and opto-geometric arrangements. Furthermore, as-yet hardly explored SPR features of selected metal–metal and metal–dielectric super lattices are included in this report. An in-depth multilayer Fresnel evaluation provides the mathematical tool for this optical analysis, which otherwise relies solely on experimentally determined electro-optical materials parameters.