title: Characteristic investigation of scanning surface plasmon microscopy for nucleotide functionalized nanoarray.
abstract: A calculation based on surface plasmon coupling condition and Maxwell-Garnett equation was performed for predicting the coupling angle shift and thin film thickness in scanning surface plasmon microscopy (SSPM). The refractive index sensitivity and lateral resolution of an SSPM system was also investigated. The limit of detection of angle shift was 0.01°, the limit of quantification of angle shift was 0.03°, and the sensitivity was around 0.12° shift per nm ZnO film when the film thickness was less than 22.6 nm. Two partially connected Au nano-discs with a center-to-center distance of 1.1 μm could be identified as two peaks. The system was applied to image nanostructure defects and a virus-probe functionalized nanoarray. We expect the potential application in nanobiosensors with further optimization in the future.
authors.forename: Shih-Chung
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Pei-Tung
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tzu-Heng
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yin-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Kung-Bin
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Chii-Wann
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lin