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Record Nr.

UNISA996418445503316

Autore

Vollmer Frank

Titolo

Optical whispering gallery modes for biosensing : from physical principles to applications / / Frank Vollmer, Deshui Yu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-60235-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 417 p. 142 illus.)

Collana

Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering, , 1618-7210

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Biosensors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

From the Contents: Introduction: Need for label-free chip-scale clinical diagnostics and nanoparticle analyzers -- Fundamentals of photonics (light, wave, polarization, interference) -- Fundamental optical properties of biomolecules -- Light matter interaction with biomolecules (Lorentz- model, drude-model, light at a sensor interface, reflection, transmission, evanescent field) -- Physics of optical micro-resonators (fabry perot, microsphere, resonance, photonic atom model, photonic crystals, ring resonator, bottleneck resonator, microtube resonator, capillary resonator).

Sommario/riassunto

This interdisciplinary book covers the fundamentals of optical whispering gallery mode (WGM) microcavities, light–matter interaction, and biomolecular structure with a focus on applications in biosensing. Novel biosensors based on the hybridization of WGM microcavities and localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in metal nanoparticles have emerged as the most sensitive microsystem biodetection technology that boasts single molecule detection capability without the need for amplification and labeling of the analyte. The book provides an ample survey of the physical mechanisms of WGMs and LSPRs for detecting affinity, concentration, size, shape and orientation of biomarkers, while informing the reader about different classes of biomolecules, their optical properties and their importance in label-free clinical diagnostics. For the more advanced reader, advanced applications of WGMs and LSPRs in exploring the fundamental nature of



quantum physics are discussed. .