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Mid-infrared plasmonic biosensing with graphene

Rodrigo, Daniel
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Limaj, Odeta
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Janner, Davide
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2015
Science

Infrared spectroscopy is the technique of choice for chemical identification of biomolecules through their vibrational fingerprints. However, infrared light interacts poorly with nanometric-size molecules. We exploit the unique electro-optical properties of graphene to demonstrate a high-sensitivity tunable plasmonic biosensor for chemically specific label-free detection of proteinmonolayers. The plasmon resonance of nanostructured graphene is dynamically tuned to selectively probe the protein at different frequencies and extract its complex refractive index. Additionally, the extreme spatial light confinement in graphene - up to two orders of magnitude higher than in metals - produces an unprecedentedly high overlap with nanometric biomolecules, enabling superior sensitivity in the detection of their refractive index and vibrational fingerprints. The combination of tunable spectral selectivity and enhanced sensitivity of graphene opens exciting prospects for biosensing.

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research article
DOI
10.1126/science.aab2051
Web of Science ID

WOS:000357664300037

Author(s)
Rodrigo, Daniel
Limaj, Odeta
Janner, Davide
Etezadi, Dordaneh  
Javier Garcia De Abajo, F.
Pruneri, Valerio
Altug, Hatice  
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Published in
Science
Volume

349

Issue

6244

Start page

165

End page

168

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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September 28, 2015
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/118941
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