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Surface Plasmon Resonance - Science method
A biosensing technique in which biomolecules capable of binding to specific analytes or ligands are first immobilized on one side of a metallic film. Light is then focused on the opposite side of the film to excite the surface plasmons, that is, the oscillations of free electrons propagating along the film's surface. The refractive index of light reflecting off this surface is measured. When the immobilized biomolecules are bound by their ligands, an alteration in surface plasmons on the opposite side of the film is created which is directly proportional to the change in bound, or adsorbed, mass. Binding is measured by changes in the refractive index. The technique is used to study biomolecular interactions, such as antigen-antibody binding.
Questions related to Surface Plasmon Resonance
I prepared alumina nanocrystal powder by precipitation method where obtained alpha phase at 1200.0 C.
simulate Electric field penetration in multlayer surface plasmon resonance
I'm trying to produce silver nanoparticles using plant extract, but I didn't observe the expected peak in the UV-Vis spectrum between 380-420 nm, where silver nanoparticles typically appear. After centrifugation, I obtained pellets suspected to contain AgNPs. Based on the provided UV-Vis spectrum, can it be inferred that AgNPs have indeed formed? Where might the AgNP peak be located, and is it possible that it's shifted outside the usual range?
Additionally, both my extract and the silver nanoparticles have a pH of 4-5. I'm curious about how I can adjust the conditions to make them more alkaline and optimize my "green" synthesis.
I would greatly appreciate any insights or advice on these questions. Thank you in advance for your help.
Many references suggest that the formation of AgNPs is characterized by a single peak at lambda 380-420 nm. Additionally, are there any guidelines regarding the timing of characterization? I've come across a paper stating that UV-Vis characterization is typically conducted 24 hours after AgNP synthesis to ensure the presence of a peak around 400 nm.
I would greatly appreciate any insights or advice on these questions. Thank you in advance for your help.
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I am currently undertaking the synthesis of AgNP utilizing plant extract as a bioreductor. The synthesis procedure involved reacting the plant extract with 1 mM AgNO3 while optimizing the ratio. Various ratios of AgNO3 to plant extract were explored, including 5:5, 6:4, 7:3, 8:2, and 9:1. Subsequently, UV-Vis characterization was performed to identify the ratio that yields a single peak in the range of 380-420 nm with the highest absorbance. Upon determining the optimal ratio, the synthesis was scaled up to a total volume of 250 mL. However, post-centrifugation at room temperature, only a minimal pellet was obtained, with the colloidal solution predominantly adhering to the bottom of a small 15 mL tube.
1. If I air dry the sample overnight, how should I prepare it for UV-Vis, FTIR, DLS, and SEM/TEM characterization?
2. Do I need to add a buffer to maintain sample solubility? Should the characterization be conducted immediately afterward?
3. In UV-Vis spectrophotometry, is it acceptable to check the colloidal solution before centrifugation and washing with deionized water? If I dilute the sample with a certain ratio because the crude AgNP colloidal solution is not within the range of 0.2-3, is that acceptable?
I would greatly appreciate any insights or advice on these questions. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Respected scholar, I have synthesized bare silver nanoparticles using sodium borohydride reduction at room temperature and measured their UV-Vis absorption spectrum. The spectrum showed two distinct peaks - a sharp peak at 260nm and a broader, lower intensity peak at 411nm. What could account for the presence of these two separate surface plasmon resonance signals?
Any insights you could provide regarding the origin and assignment of multiple SPR peaks would be greatly appreciated.
"I want to realize an optical fiber sensor based on surface plasmon resonance. The fiber is plastic-clad silica with a core diameter of 600um. Does anyone know where I can quickly purchase this fiber?
I'm doing Surface Plasmon Resonance for a series of samples with different concentration starting with lowest concentration. Binding is so strong that I cannot reach the baseline after washing step with running buffer. Each time just part of binding dissociate. And then I test the next concentration. Several regeneration solutions have been tested but nothing could bring the signal to the baseline.
I use a Reichert SPR device and use Scrubber for analyzing the data.
How can I interpret these data in Scrubber, without a complete dissociation and/or regeneration?
Any thought would be highly appreciated.
I have stored the cm5 chip in 50 mL of HBS-EP buffer pH 7.0 at 4°C... which buffer can be used for long-term storage of the chip?
Hello, I have developed a Surface Plasmon resonance sensor using LED of wavelength 635nm and CMOS webcam as source. I am using the diverging rays of the LED as the change in incident angle. When I put silver coated glass slide on the prism I get a dip at a particular angle. I have test the sensor by immobilizing with MUA , EDC/NHS and IgG. The sensor can detect the shift in angle for all the layers. But when I put liquid dielectric medium like DI water, BSA or PBS buffer the shift disappears. I can monitor real-time data with the webcam and so when the liquid sample is passed I should be able to detect the shift. I have attached the file of how the dip looks like.
Can anyone please tell me the necessary condition that how and when higher plasmonic mode arises and what is the role of core diameter in this?
I Have purified two proteins both are having the HIS tag and now i am planning to check the protein protein interactions by surface plasmon resonance. could anyone please help me how can i start with this experiment.
Can anyone please send me the protoocol for the same?
thanks
I have a peptide which binds to a protein. In literature, its Kd value (in nM range) is given which is obtained from Surface Plasmon Resonance. I want to perform cell viability assay of the same peptide to see its effect in-vitro. How should I select the dose? Should I choose only nM range doses ? Or should I go upto uM or mM range also? To get an IC50 value, is it suffice to use only nM quantity of the peptide if Kd value is in nanomolar range?
Will Copper nanoparticles show plasmonic effect similar to that of silver nanoparticles. Which shape of copper nanoparticles show better plasmonic effect?
By testing different stabilizations of nanoparticles, it was found out that carboxylic acid derivatives of middle-to-long-chains could disperse both oil- and water-dispersible nanoparticles.
The UV-Vis absorption profiles were also significantly changed when the nanoparticles are dispersed in these carboxylic acids:
On one hand, oil-dispersible superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIO(Ol)-NPs) were not showing any absorption band in non-polar solvents like hexane, but started to show a signal in carboxylic acid dispersions.
On the other hand, water-dispersible, polyethylenimine-stabilized gold nanoparticles (Au(PEI)-NPs), in addition to the characteristic LSPR band of about 520 nm started to show also an additional peak below 400 nm
Furthermore, these new signals appear to be in similar wavelengths for both the SPIO(Ol)-NPs and the Au(PEI)-NPs, and shift to lower wavelengths with shorter chain length of the dispersing carboxylic acid.
Is there any known reason for the existence and solvent-dependency of these absorption signals? Any suggestion is very welcomed.
Hello,
I received this SPR sensogram for small molecule binding affinity test on a protein. Would you please explain to me what are those dotted lined next to solid line? Thanks
Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) - in a nano-particle for example, is caused by the collective oscillation of the conduction electrons, causing a distinct optical absorption.
If such a particle is placed in a very strong external electric field (such as in the middle of a MIM capacitor type arrangement) should it not then be possible to cause the static polarisation of these electrons, so that they are no longer free to resonate, effectively stopping the SPR and stopping their optical absorption - making the particle "transparent"?
I am recently using SPR to test the binding affinities between proteins and DNA aptamer. I used DNA aptamer as the analyte and I immobilized the His-tag proteins on the NTA chip surface. However, I got negative response in the Fc2-Fc1 curve. I assume this is due to the non-specific binding of negatively charged DNA and positively charged surface. I would like to know if that means it is impossible to test DNA aptamer using NTA chip? Or it is possible to avoid this non-specific binding?
Typical SPR slides are made of glass with the 50nm gold coating on top. But I wanted to know how I could create SPR slides made from clear flexible plastic with the coating on top so that I can roll it into a cylinder or cut it into pieces? So I was wondering if anyone had done something similar before or knows the process?
What are the advantages of using SiO2 substrate over Si substrate for monolayer graphene in photonics?
Simulation and correct MATLAB algorithm for Fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensor
Can anyone help to provide the correct MATLAB algorithm for Fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensor.I want to plot the transmission versus wavelength spectra for------The sensor configuration CORE/Au (by CLADDING removed)/sensing medium as water.
Hello Everyone!
While I am pursuing my research in Surface Plasmon Resonance , I am going through the book: Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on Gratings by Heinz Raether. I was wondering if along with this , you all have any recommendation for the book which covers broad on the plasmonics?
Will I also be needing expertise in Quantum Plasmonics and which part of the plasmonics (as plasmonics is broad)I will be needing to be expertise in to understand broadly how surface plasmons work
I would like to ask questions about how the adsorbed molecular influence frequency and intensity of surface plasmon resonance of metals such as Ag and Au.
Does the adsorption of molecular influence the frequency and intensity of SPR simultaneously?
Or will different adsorption configurations of the same molecular have specific influences? (just for example, linear adsorption will only influence the intensity but bridge adsorption influence frequency and intensity simultaneously?)
Could you recommend some answers or papers (books)? Thank you so much.
Surface plasmon resonance is defined as the oscillation of conduction electrons at the interface between negative and positive permittivity material. What is the necessity of a metal dielectric interface?
- His-tagged protein immobilized a on Ni coated NTA chip.
- Both the reference channel and ligand bound channel shows binding with analyte (ribosome)
- negative RU in the resultant curve.
- Reference channel is Ni free.
- Running buffer contains hepes,NaCl,EDTA,Mg(OAc)2
- Both the ligand and analyte are prepared in the running buffer.
- Reference channel was tried to be coated with BSA and still it's showing non-specific binding.
- Tris buffer as running nuffer gave the same non-specific binding but the resultant curve gave positive RU. As suggested in some paper I am using Hepes Buffer now. If anyone has any idea please suggest me a way.
Hi,
I want to make a simple SPR setup. I have a prism (from a microscope), spr chip from NanoSPR for its glass n=1.61, immersion oil with n=1.515, a red laser pointer, a disposable 3d glasses as a polarizer, and white paper as a screen.
I tried to scan from 0 to 90 degree of incident angle manually. But I couldn't see any minimum. What I missed? What is wrong? Do you have any idea?
Which are the main limitations of SPR comparing with BLI, especially in terms of buffer and matrix especially for liposome-protein interactions assays ?
Hi all,
I am considering to use SPR and I wondered how much bacterial culture is usually needed in the grow up phase to end up with enough sample having sufficient protein concentration? There might not be a definite answer since protein expression can go south in many ways but getting an idea about lower and upper bounds would also help me.
For NMR experiments I always did a 2 litre grow up and most of the time had enough sample. My impression is, that this is not needed for SPR if the protein expresses reasonably well and if there are no issues during the purification.
Looking forward to your answers.
cheers
Martin
Hi and Hello, my absorbance intensity (at UV-Vis Range) and JuddOfelt intensity paramater showed a lower value after addition of Ag nanoparticles. Do we have explanation on this and does it have relationship with surface plasmon resonance behavior?
Size dependent shift of Plasmon Resonance
Hello Everyone!
I have recently started my research in Surface Plasmon Resonance and I was wondering if someone can share some in-depth papers or ebooks regarding understanding the Math and concepts behind Surface Plasmons on various cases and surfaces. Actually, I am looking behind understanding the physics and math behind how they are created and their various cases and consideration. If someone can guide me through, that can be really helpful.
Thank you in advance
regards
Ketan
Hi everyone.
I am considering the area of fabrication and application of SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance) - SERS (Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering) hybrid devices as high sensitivity bio-sensors for a future postdoctoral investigation. In this context, I would like to know the opinion of an expert who can tell me about the application potential of this kind of technologies and their future perspectives for molecules detection.
Any comment is welcome.
Anyone can help in comsol FEM simulation for surface plasmon resonance with kretschmann raether module?
Hello,
I just started reading about plasmonics and I have few doubts. I googled a lot but couldn't find concrete answer.
Please correct me if I'm wrong:
- Plasmon is quantum of plasma oscillation: Charge density oscillation (free electrons) on any surface [electrons vibrate around their equilibrium positions at certain characteristic frequencies called plasma frequency, which depends only on the number density of electrons, electric charge, electron mass and permittivity of free space].
- Surface plasmon resonance is the phenomena or event of coupling of EM wave with oscillating conduction electrons of the metal nanofilm.
- Surface plasmon polariton is the propagating EM wave generated at the metal-dielctric interface that propagates along the surface of the metal film after surface plasmon resonance.
- But Peter Y. Yu's answer confused me. He said that " To form a SPP, the photon and SPR must have the same frequency and wave vector" in Link: (https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_there_any_differences_between_Surface_plasmon_polariton_and_surface_plasmon_resonance)
- How SPR can couple with photon since it is a phenomena?
- I've seen people mentioning about dipoles, SPR and SPP. What is the relation?
- In wire grid polarizer TM passes because dipole form , they couple and radiate. How is plasmonic effect really involved in the working of Wire grid polarizer?
Thank you.
I have a grating based SPR sensor and I am measuring the transmitted light intensity for my SPR signals. I have done bulk sensitivity measurements using different concentrations of sucrose solutions.Now, in order to study surface sensitivity, I am planning to do cysteamine-biotin-streptavidin sandwich assay on my sensor surface by serial addition of each solutions into a reservoir (3 mm x 3 mm x 3 mm) over my sensor surface. But, since the penetration depth of surface plasmons is usually in the order of nanometers, the surface refractive index sensitivity of the effective index decreases with the wavelength more quickly than the bulk refractive index sensitivity. So, I will end up getting no shift in SPR peak, since the bulk(solvent) is PBS for all the reagents. How can I overcome this problem?
Thank you.
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) slides contain a glass slide with 50nm thick gold coating on top of it. Instead of using the Kretschmann setup with a bulky prism and having to worry about alignment, why do we not use the SPR slides as a waveguide and just shine led at the edge of the slide and have a spectrometer at the other end? Then you place some solution on the gold film and there should be a change in the spectrum. Ensuring everything is covered up so there is not ambient light, what are some issues with this idea or considerations?
Can anyone please suggest some good reading material/papers on thermal effect of surface plasmon resonance (SPR)? I want to generate approximately 100 degree C with SPR.
SPR slides contain antibodies that bind to specific target molecules during use. But once the reaction is over, the slide needs to be replaced with a fresh slide with the Au film and antibodies. I was wondering what are the techniques for "refreshing" the slides so it can be used again. I had come across a paper where biotin-streptavidin interaction can be reversibly broken using warm water, but are there any other processes for different ligand-conjugate pairs?
Currently, I am trying to simulate a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor on a multilayer structure using FDTD Lumerical software. I am a beginner and have never used this software before. Are there any tutorials related to SPR simulation using this software? This document was very meaningful in completing my research.
Thank you
We know that the absorption in uv vis spectroscopy is due to the transition of electrons from a molecular orbital to another. But I the case of metal nanoparticles, I have read that absorption is due to surface plasmon resonance. I want to know the effect of molecular electronic transition in the case of metal nanoparticles.
Page 7 line 17 In the present experiment, bimetallic alloy nanoparticles produced and a single surface plasmon resonance (SPS) peak of intensity of 409 nm is observed, and probe of identification of Ag/Co alloy, which is very close to the SPR peak at 410 nm of Ag/Co alloy synthesized by chemical reaction process [22].
Line 17. You are speaking about SPS. But because the research is focused on the nanoparticles they have Localise Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPS).
Why did you used the wavelength 808 nm? Because the absorption caused by LSPR is around 400 nm (Figure 5) and at 808 nm the absorption due to plasmon resonance is negligible!
The possible reason for the higher temperature profiles and rise of nanofluid than water alone is the plasmonic hyperthermia effect of nanoparticles.
Line 57- "The possible reason for the higher temperature profiles and rise of nanofluid than water alone is the plasmonic hyperthermia effect of nanoparticles." The plasmonic behaviour is significant at around 400 nm. At wavelength 808 nm the absorption caused by Localised Surface Plasmon resonance (LSPR) are unneglectable. This discrepancies has to be explain in the text and in the Conclusion.
I am testing binding affinities of various antibodies on amyloid fibrils & oligomers using surface plasmon resonance (SPR). I am unable to regenerate the surface (ie remove the amyloid) using the usual regeneration reagents (HCl, SDS, etc). Any ideas?
In context of surface plasmon resonance, what is refractive index unit (RIU)?
The SPR slide is made of glass with a 50nm Au layer on top. Above this layer I can attach the streptavidin with one of the following procedures I found on another post for a bare glass slides:
1) Immersion of the glass substrate in a solution containing 5mg/ml of streptavidin in PBS or tris buffer at pH7. Then allow Streptavidin would adsorb on it. But the coverage is not perfectly uniform.
2) Immersing the glass for 20 min in 1Molar NaOH(aq), rinsing, then submerge the glass in a methanol solution of 3-aminepropyl-trimethoxy silane. Rinse with methanol. Rinse with water. Then submerse the amine modified glass in streptavidin solution.
However, I wanted to know how I can take this exact same SPR slide coated with streptavidin and remove the streptavidin coating so I can attach it with another fresh coating after use?
Most SPR applications are in the field of biological sensing and I was wondering if it has been used to sense any environmental factors related to pollution or detecting specific particles in the air?
I try to make the indium nanoparticle and check the uv vis spectrum.
I heard that In nanoparticle has surface plasmon resonance peak at 200~300nm.
But most of solvent has absorption peak under 300nm, so I can't exactly detect it.
And also, when I check the uv vis spectrum of the particle in ethanol, there is down peak around 250nm. Do someone know why there is down peak around 250nm?
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I would like to know if someone can tell me or suggest some relevant papers about how the sensing area (eg: a thin gold film), the sensing thickness and the sensing surface uniformity affects the performance of the Surface Plasmon systems in fiber optics. I would also like to know if these things can be calculated analytically.???
As multipolar analysis is a key to find out contribution of different dipole moments, quadrupole moments causing the resonance in a metamaterial. I want to know the method, software and calculation considerations multipolar analysis.
Attached image is for reference in which different polar moments are plotted wrt frequency for a metamaterial unit cell.
reference: DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-00708-5
Recently I work with some antibodies, trying to measure the KD of antibodies. I used CM5 chip and running buffer was HBS EP+ (GE). I immobilized the target antigen as a ligand and the RU for this step was 60. After that, I flow the antibody which has a concentration of 333.33nM to 0.053nM at 50ul/min. I inject the antibody for 60 sec and dissociation for 2400 sec BUT still can not see the dissociation phase that's why the Biacore couldn't calculate the KD.
So what should I do to make this antibody dissociate from the antigen?
Do you have any suggested buffer instead of HBS EP+?
I am currently working on Surface Plasmon Resonance based biosensor. I want to utilise AZO (aluminum doped Zinc Oxide) and TiN (Titanium Nitride) as the plasmonic material for my sensor. So I need the wavelength dependent refractive index equation of AZO and TiN so that I can perform the simulation in COMSOL. It would be a great help if anyone can provide me with these equations or hints about from where I can find them.
Thanks in advance!
I want to investigate protein interaction by SPR. I want to do amine coupling for ligand immobilization on-chip surface. first, activation of the surface by NHS/EDC, and then injection of the ligand should be done. based on chemistry, activation of carboxymethyl surface by NHS/EDC should be done at pH 4.5-7.2, and the reaction of NHS-activated molecules with primary amines of the ligand is most efficient in pH7-8 (Ref: Thermo scientific), but in the SPR instrument book (Biocare) mention ligand immobilization by amine coupling should be done at pH 1 unit lower than the isoelectric point of ligand due to electrostatic interaction toward the carboxymethylated surface. I get confused! which pH should be set for ligand immobilization?!
Hello,
I am looking to increase my understanding of the physical origins of plasmon loss features that are observed in photoemission spectroscopy measurements. How does the magnitude, position, and order (how many plasmon loss peaks are observed) vary with the crystallography of a specific sample? For example, if I had two separate allotropes of the same element, or a polycrystalline material with grain size less than the X-ray spot size compared with its single crystal counterpart, how would the plasmon loss features vary? If you could, please provide some examples or references for these scenarios. I am having difficulty tracking down specific examples that simplistically explain this variation in conditions.
Thanks for any help you may provide.
Are any organic/catalytic chemists able to weigh in?
I am starting a project that requires deposition of diazonium salts onto the surface of nanoparticles, and am trying to figure out the best way to obtain the salt in the first place. If purchased commercially, I am able to jump right into the main surface chemistry part of the project; however, since diazonium instability is a concern my PI suggested that synthesizing some (presumably through diazotiziation of an aniline derivative) is an option too. Does anyone who has worked with diazonium salts have any advice on how to approach this?
I'am currently working on gold layered surface plasmon resonance based photonic crystal fiber using COMSOL ,but I have faced following problems:
- 1)when i selected material for analyte layer, their was no scope for inserting refractive index of analyte, it asked for electrical conductivity,relative permittivity,relative permeability values only but refractive index value is important in this structure so how can i put refractive index for analyte layer?
- 2)how can i use drude-lorentz model in comsol for obtaining relative permittivity of gold? i have used jhonson christy data via interpolation method by putting n(refractive index) and k(thermal co-efficient) values and used (n^2-k^2)+2*j*n*k in relative permittivity section of gold, is it correct instead of using drude lorentz model?
can any researcher please help me in this topic?
best regards
i'm working on localized surface plasmon resonance, and would like to know
the proper arrangements of fabrication of aluminum
i would like to conduct an experiment in related to localized surface plasmon resonance of Aluminum material, can somebody recommend a research paper?, where it explains in details the process of the experiment and the required instruments, and thanks.
I need some clarification about SPR and LSPR..
I have designed a SPR chip by using normal glass slide(Blue star No. 4slide)/Cu(5nm)/Ag(50nm). But it shows very less depth in the reflectance curve at resonance angle. What should be the reason ??
This question is more in regard to the resonant structures used for sensing applications, namely surface plasmon resonance, photonic crystals and guided-mode resonance based devices, etc which all show a spectral redshift on increasing the refractive index of the top region. I don't remember coming across photonic structures wherein the spectral resonant response blueshifts as we increase the top refractive index. Is it possible for a structure to do so? And if not, why?
I want to include a nano particle layer of plamonic metal (like Au/Ag) in my model on the top of a silica slab for the simulation in a simulation software (COMSOL). How I can define a nano particle layer for the generation of Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)?
Thanks in advance.
- I am working on ssssynthesis of gold nanostructures
what are the steps of equation provide the calculation of surface plasmon resonance at 500 nm
if yes plz send me research articles
Does the oxidized silver nanoparticles be used in organic solar cell applications to enhance the performance of the device?
I would like to know if there is a quantitative justification for using a specific threshold to calculate steady state Kd affinity using surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Some people say 10% but I don't know that this is backed by any data or simulations.
My goal is to be able to establish a cutoff for which we can confidently calculate steady state Kd for weak interactions. For example, you have a protein-protein interaction that has a Kd of 200uM and the highest you can go due to analyte supply is 2uM, then you won’t reach saturation. However, you can still fit the isotherm to get a Kd steady state value. In this case the final response will be much lower than the fitted Rmax.
Do you know of any papers that look into assigning a Kd value based on the noise in the system and possibly some simulations? For example, is a cutoff of 10% (final response over predicted Rmax) sufficient to assign a steady state Kd based on any models?
Thanks
Respected All
I have generated Plasma in a glass chamber in a low pressure.
Can I do Surface Plasmon Resonance Experiment from this ? If it can be done, please suggest me , how can I perform this.
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Nityananda Das
Why Biolayer interferometry (BLI) is considered as a better instrument than surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (SPR) in measuring label-free protein-ligand interactions?
I want to design a Surface Plasmon Resonance Chipset. But I don't know how to design the thickness of the glass under the gold film. And I wnat to know if the thickness of the glass can affect SPR