Title: Biophotonics applications of nanometric apertures
Authors: Jerome Wenger, Davy Gerard, Pierre-Francois Lenne, Herve Rigneault, Nicolas Bonod, Evgeny Popov, Didier Marguet, Constantin Nelep, Thomas W. Ebbesen
Addresses: Institut Fresnel, MOSAIC group, CNRS UMR 6133, Universite Paul, Cezanne Aix-Marseille III, Domaine Universitaire de St Jerome 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France. ' Institut Fresnel, MOSAIC group, CNRS UMR 6133, Universite Paul, Cezanne Aix-Marseille III, Domaine Universitaire de St Jerome 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France. ' Institut Fresnel, MOSAIC group, CNRS UMR 6133, Universite Paul, Cezanne Aix-Marseille III, Domaine Universitaire de St Jerome 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France. ' Institut Fresnel, MOSAIC group, CNRS UMR 6133, Universite Paul, Cezanne Aix-Marseille III, Domaine Universitaire de St Jerome 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France. ' Institut Fresnel, CLARTE group, CNRS UMR 6133, Universite Paul, Cezanne Aix-Marseille III, Domaine Universitaire de St Jerome 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France. ' Institut Fresnel, CLARTE group, CNRS UMR 6133, Universite Paul, Cezanne Aix-Marseille III, Domaine Universitaire de St Jerome 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France. ' Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Universite de la Mediterranee, CNRS UMR 6102, INSERM UMR 631, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Case 906, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France. ' Genewave S.A.S., XTEC Bat. 404, Ecole Polytechnique Campus 91128, Palaiseau Cedex, France. ' Institut de Science et Ingenierie Supramoleculaires, Universite Louis Pasteur, CNRS UMR 7006, 8 allee G. Monge, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Abstract: Nanometric apertures in a metallic film are easy to produce, robust and highly reproducible nanophotonic devices that possess a number of desirable properties for biophotonics. In this review, we will describe the exciting applications of sub-wavelength apertures towards the sensitive and specific characterisation of molecules.
Keywords: nanometric apertures; fluorescence microscopy; surface plasmons; spectroscopy; biophotonics; photonics; nanotechnology; nanostructures; metallic films; sub-wavelength apertures.
DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.2009.025002
International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 2009 Vol.34 No.4, pp.488 - 506
Published online: 06 May 2009 *
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