Highly Sensitive Plasmonic Sensor with Au Bow Tie Nanoantennas on SiO2 Nanopillar Arrays
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Change in Height of the Nanopillar
3.2. Change in Periodicity of the Arrays
3.3. Sensitivity Studies
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Venugopalan, P.; Kumar, S. Highly Sensitive Plasmonic Sensor with Au Bow Tie Nanoantennas on SiO2 Nanopillar Arrays. Chemosensors 2023, 11, 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11020121
Venugopalan P, Kumar S. Highly Sensitive Plasmonic Sensor with Au Bow Tie Nanoantennas on SiO2 Nanopillar Arrays. Chemosensors. 2023; 11(2):121. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11020121
Chicago/Turabian StyleVenugopalan, Priyamvada, and Sunil Kumar. 2023. "Highly Sensitive Plasmonic Sensor with Au Bow Tie Nanoantennas on SiO2 Nanopillar Arrays" Chemosensors 11, no. 2: 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11020121