A Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) biosensor based on an inhibition immunoassay was developed for the detection of diclofenac (DCF) in aqueous solution. Due to the small size of DCF, an hapten-protein conjugate was produced by coupling DCF to bovine serum albumin (BSA). DCF-BSA conjugate formation was confirmed via MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntrinsic radiosensitivity is a biological parameter known to influence the response to radiation therapy in cancer treatment. In this study, Raman spectroscopy and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) were successfully used in conjunction with principal component analysis (PCA) to discriminate between radioresistant (LY-R) and radiosensitive (LY-S) murine lymphoma sublines (L5178Y). PCA results for normal Raman analysis showed a differentiation between the radioresistant and radiosensitive cell lines based on their specific spectral fingerprint.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report detailed characterization of surface plasmon-polariton guiding along 1-, 1.5- and 2-μm-wide channels in high-density (~75 μm) random arrays of gold 70-nm-high and 50-nm-wide nanoparticles fabricated on a 70-nm-thin gold film supported by a 170-μm-thick silica substrate. The mode propagation losses, effective index dispersion, and scattering parameters are characterized using leakage-radiation microscopy, in direct and Fourier planes, in the wavelength range of 740-840 nm.
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