TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors A Materials Guide to Design and Optimization T2 - SpringerBriefs in Physics, A1 - Oliveira, Leiva Casemiro. A2 - Lima, Antonio Marcus Nogueira. A2 - Thirstrup, Carsten. A2 - Neff, Helmut Franz. LA - English PP - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer YR - 2015 ED - 1st ed. 2015. UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-3-319-14926-4 AB - This book addresses the important physical phenomenon of Surface Plasmon Resonance or Surface Plasmon Polaritons in thin metal films, a phenomenon which is exploited in the design of a large variety of physico-chemical optical sensors. In this treatment, crucial materials aspects for design and optimization of SPR sensors are investigated and outlined in detail. The text covers the selection of nanometer thin metal films, ranging from free-electron to the platinum type conductors, along with their combination with a large variety of dielectric substrate materials, and associated individual layer and opto-geometric arrangements. Furthermore, as-yet hardly explored SPR features of selected metal–metal and metal–dielectric super lattices are included in this report. An in-depth multilayer Fresnel evaluation provides the mathematical tool for this optical analysis, which otherwise relies solely on experimentally determined electro-optical materials parameters. OP - 183 CN - QC176.8.S8 SN - 9783319149264 KW - Surfaces (Physics). KW - Interfaces (Physical sciences). KW - Thin films. KW - Optical materials. KW - Electronic materials. KW - Lasers. KW - Photonics. KW - Materials—Surfaces. KW - Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films. KW - Optical and Electronic Materials. KW - Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. KW - Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films. ER -