• 文献标题:   Conformal Graphene-Decorated Nanofluidic Sensors Based on Surface Plasmons at Infrared Frequencies
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WEI W, NONG JP, TANG LL, ZHANG GW, YANG J, LUO W
  • 作者关键词:   sensor, surface plasmon, nanofluidic, conformal grapheme, infrared
  • 出版物名称:   SENSORS
  • ISSN:   1424-8220
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chongqing Univ
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.3390/s16060899
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

An all-in-one prism-free infrared sensor based on graphene surface plasmons is proposed for nanofluidic analysis. A conformal graphene-decorated nanofluidic sensor is employed to mimic the functions of a prism, sensing plate, and fluidic channel in the tradition setup. Simulation results show that the redshift of the resonant wavelength results in the improvement of sensitivity up to 4525 nm/RIU. To reshape the broadened spectral lines induced by the redshift of the resonant wavelength to be narrower and deeper, a reflection-type configuration is further introduced. By tuning the distance between the graphene and reflective layers, the figure of merit (FOM) of the device can be significantly improved and reaches a maximum value of 37.69 RIU-1, which is 2.6 times that of the former transmission-type configuration. Furthermore, the optimized sensor exhibits superior angle-insensitive property. Such a conformal graphene-decorated nanofluidic sensor offers a novel approach for graphene-based on-chip fluidic biosensing.