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Plasmon-enhanced circular dichroism spectroscopy of chiral drug solutions

Venturi, Matteo
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Adhikary, Raju
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Sahoo, Ambaresh
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October 21, 2023
Journal Of Chemical Physics

We investigate the potential of surface plasmon polaritons at noble metal interfaces for surface-enhanced chiroptical sensing of dilute chiral drug solutions with nl volume. The high quality factor of surface plasmon resonances in both Otto and Kretschmann configurations enables the enhancement of circular dichroism differenatial absorption thanks to the large near-field intensity of such plasmonic excitations. Furthermore, the subwavelength confinement of surface plasmon polaritons is key to attain chiroptical sensitivity to small amounts of drug volumes placed around. 100 nm by the metal surface. Our calculations focus on reparixin, a pharmaceutical molecule currently used in clinical studies for patients with community-acquired pneumonia, including COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Considering realistic dilute solutions of reparixin dissolved in water with concentration <= 5 mg/ml and nl volume, we find a circular-dichroism differential absorption enhancement factor of the order.20 and chirality-induced polarization distortion upon surface plasmon polariton excitation. Our results are relevant for the development of innovative chiroptical sensors capable of measuring the enantiomeric imbalance of chiral drug solutions with nl volume. (c) 2023 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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research article
DOI
10.1063/5.0169826
Web of Science ID

WOS:001146164000001

Author(s)
Venturi, Matteo
Adhikary, Raju
Sahoo, Ambaresh
Ferrante, Carino
Daidone, Isabella
Di Stasio, Francesco
Toma, Andrea
Tani, Francesco
Altug, Hatice  
Mecozzi, Antonio
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Date Issued

2023-10-21

Publisher

Aip Publishing

Published in
Journal Of Chemical Physics
Volume

159

Issue

15

Article Number

154703

Subjects

Physical Sciences

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BIOS  
FunderGrant Number

European Union - NextGenerationEU under the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) National Innovation Ecosystem Grant

ECS00000041 - VITALITY - CUP E13C22001060006

Progetti di ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) of the Italian Ministry of Research PHOTO (PHOtonics Terahertz devices based on tOpological materials)

2020RPEPNH

European Union

101046424

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