Nano-film aluminum-gold for ultra-high dynamic-range surface plasmon resonance chemical sensor

Abstract

An analytical and experimental study of nano-film aluminum (Al) for ultra-high dynamic range surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor is presented in this article. A thin film of 16 nm Al is proposed for metallic sensing layer for SPR sensor. For the protective layer, a 10 nm of gold (Au) layer was configured on top of Al as a protection layer. This ultra-high dynamic range of SPR biosensor reached the bulk refractive index sample limit up to 1.45 RIU. For the analytical study, with the assumption of anisotropic refractive indices experiment, the dynamic range showed a refractive index value of around 1.58 RIU. The refractive index value limit achieved by the proposed sensing design is potentially implemented in various applications, such as in chemical detection and environmental monitoring study with high refractive index solution sample. The experimental results are presented as a proof-of-concept of the proposed idea.

Keywords

dynamic range / surface plasmon resonance (SPR) / sensor / aluminum (Al) / gold

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Acknowledgements

This research was funded in part by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) (Taiwan, China) under the contract number of MOST 107-2218-E-182-008 and MOST 106-2221-E-182-041, also Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Grant with the contract number of CMRPDG0151. The authors thank the Indonesian Institute of Sciences and Chang Gung University for supporting this research. B.A.P wholeheartedly thanks Chang Gung University, Taiwan, China for the visiting scholar invitation under the grant number BMRP741.Electronic Supplementary MaterialƒSupplementary material is available in the online version of this article at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-019-0864-y and is accessible for authorized users.

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