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High Sensitivity in Ni-Based SPR Sensor of Blue Phosphorene/Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Hybrid Nanostructure

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In the present work, a novel surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor consisting of the nickel (Ni) film with hybrid structure of blue phosphorene (BlueP)/transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) is reported. By optimizing the thickness of Ni layer and BlueP/TMDCs, the maximum sensitivity with 270°/RIU for the Ni-BlueP/WS2 is achieved. Use of BlueP/TMDCs layer facilitates the sensitivity due to its high electron concentration, high mobility, optical, and electronic properties. Compared with the conventional Ni-based SPR sensor, the sensitivity of the proposed one is enhanced up to ~ 60.7%. We hope that the SPR sensor has potential application prospects in chemical detection, medical diagnostic, optical sensing, etc. due to its high sensitivity.

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This work is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (61771419) and Hebei Province Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate (CXZZSS2020051).

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    Na Liu, Shutao Wang, Qi Cheng & Bo Pang

  2. Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Precision Optical Sensing and Detection Technology, Northeastern University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

    Jiangtao Lv

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Liu, N., Wang, S., Cheng, Q. et al. High Sensitivity in Ni-Based SPR Sensor of Blue Phosphorene/Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Hybrid Nanostructure. Plasmonics 16, 1567–1576 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01421-w

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