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Nanophotonic biosensors harnessing van der Waals materials

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  • Sang-Hyun Oh

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Hatice Altug

    (Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Xiaojia Jin

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Tony Low

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Steven J. Koester

    (University of Minnesota)

  • Aleksandar P. Ivanov

    (Imperial College London)

  • Joshua B. Edel

    (Imperial College London)

  • Phaedon Avouris

    (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center)

  • Michael S. Strano

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

Low-dimensional van der Waals (vdW) materials can harness tightly confined polaritonic waves to deliver unique advantages for nanophotonic biosensing. The reduced dimensionality of vdW materials, as in the case of two-dimensional graphene, can greatly enhance plasmonic field confinement, boosting sensitivity and efficiency compared to conventional nanophotonic devices that rely on surface plasmon resonance in metallic films. Furthermore, the reduction of dielectric screening in vdW materials enables electrostatic tunability of different polariton modes, including plasmons, excitons, and phonons. One-dimensional vdW materials, particularly single-walled carbon nanotubes, possess unique form factors with confined excitons to enable single-molecule detection as well as in vivo biosensing. We discuss basic sensing principles based on vdW materials, followed by technological challenges such as surface chemistry, integration, and toxicity. Finally, we highlight progress in harnessing vdW materials to demonstrate new sensing functionalities that are difficult to perform with conventional metal/dielectric sensors.

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  • Sang-Hyun Oh & Hatice Altug & Xiaojia Jin & Tony Low & Steven J. Koester & Aleksandar P. Ivanov & Joshua B. Edel & Phaedon Avouris & Michael S. Strano, 2021. "Nanophotonic biosensors harnessing van der Waals materials," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-23564-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23564-4
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    1. Jiangtao Lv & Yingjie Wu & Jingying Liu & Youning Gong & Guangyuan Si & Guangwei Hu & Qing Zhang & Yupeng Zhang & Jian-Xin Tang & Michael S. Fuhrer & Hongsheng Chen & Stefan A. Maier & Cheng-Wei Qiu &, 2023. "Hyperbolic polaritonic crystals with configurable low-symmetry Bloch modes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Hong Zhou & Zhihao Ren & Dongxiao Li & Cheng Xu & Xiaojing Mu & Chengkuo Lee, 2023. "Dynamic construction of refractive index-dependent vibrations using surface plasmon-phonon polaritons," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
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