title: Optical transduction of chemical forces.
abstract: We describe a plasmonic crystal device possessing utility for optically transducing chemical forces. The device couples complex plasmonic fields to chemical changes via a chemoresponsive, surface-bound hydrogel. We find that this architecture significantly enhances the spectroscopic responses seen at visible wavelengths while enabling capacities for sensitive signal transduction, even in cases that involve essentially no change in refractive index, thus allowing analytical detection via colorimetric assays in both imaging and spectroscopic modes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Nathan H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Mack
authors.forename: Jay Wm
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wackerly
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Malyarchuk
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Ralph G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Nuzzo