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In this thesis I show my work on the improvement of plasmonic bio-sensors. This progress came in three areas: automatization of spectral acquisition, developing a versatile bio-functionalization approach, and increasing the plasmonic sensitivity. The basis of such plasmonic bio-sensors is the very efficient light scattering at the plasmon resonance wavelength, which is sensitive to the local refractive index of the environment. Since the plasmonic light scattering is so strong it is possible to investigate individual plasmonic nanoparticles in a light microscope with sizes an order of magnitude smaller than the optical diffraction limit, i.e. down to about 20 nm in diameter.
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Becker, J. (2012). Summary. In: Plasmons as Sensors. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31241-0_12
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