Plasmonic Metaparticles on a Blackbody Create Vivid Reflective Colors for Naked-Eye Environmental and Clinical Biodetection

Mady Elbahri (Lead / Corresponding author), Moheb Abdelaziz, Shahin Homaeigohar, Abdou Elsharawy, Mehdi Keshavarz Hedayati, Christian Röder, Mamdouh El Haj Assad, Ramzy Abdelaziz

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Abstract

Plasmonic dipoles are famous for their strong absorptivity rather than their reflectivity. Here, the as-yet unknown specular reflection and the Brewster effect of ultrafine plasmonic dipoles, metaparticles, are introduced and exploited as the basis of new design rules for advanced applications. A configuration of “Plasmonic metaparticles on a blackbody” is demonstrated and utilized for the design of a tailored perfect-colored absorber and for visual detection of environmental dielectrics that is not readily done by extinction plasmonics. Moreover, the Plasmonic Brewster Wavelength (PBW) effect is introduced as a new platform for the naked-eye and bulk biodetection of analytes. The technique operates based on slight changes of molecular polarizability which is not detectable via conventional plasmon resonance techniques. As a specific highlight, the clinical applicability of the PBW method is demonstrated while addressing the transduction plasmonic techniques' challenge in detection of bulk refractive index changes of the healthy and diseased human serum exosomes. Finally, the sputtering-based fabrication method used here is simple, inexpensive, and scalable, and does not require the sophisticated patterning approach of lithography or precise alignment of light coupling for the biodetection.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1704442
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume30
Issue number4
Early online date7 Dec 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • Brewster effect
  • clinical biosensors
  • perfect absorbers
  • plasmonic dipoles
  • specular reflection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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