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Title: Multispectral plasmonic crystal sensors

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OSTI ID:1531631

The present invention provides plasmonic crystals comprising three-dimensional and quasi comprising three-dimensional distributions of metallic or semiconducting films, including multi-layered crystal structures comprising nanostructured films and film arrays. Plasmonic crystals of the present invention include precisely registered and deterministically selected nonplanar crystal geometries and spatial distributions providing highly coupled, localized plasmonic responses in thin film elements and/or nanostructures of the crystal. Coupling of plasmonic responses provided by three-dimensional and quasi-three dimensional plasmonic crystal geometries and structures of the present invention generates enhanced local plasmonic field distributions useful for detecting small changes in the composition of an external dielectric environment proximate to a sensing surface of the plasmonic crystal. Plasmonic crystal structures of the present invention are also useful for providing highly localized excitation and/or imaging of fluorophores proximate to the crystal surface.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-91ER45439
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Number(s):
7,705,280
Application Number:
11/782,799
OSTI ID:
1531631
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2007-07-25
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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