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Comprehensive Study of SPR Biosensor Performance Based on Metal-ITO-Graphene/TMDC Hybrid Multilayer

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The heterostructures of two-dimensional (2D) materials have broad application prospects in surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor. In order to enhance the sensitivity, we propose new a configuration of SPR biosensor based on Cu/Au/Ag-indium tin oxide (ITO)-graphene/two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) hybrid structures for highly sensitive sensors. The highest angular sensitivity with 219.4°/RIU for the Ag-ITO-WS2 is obtained. In addition, the SPR biosensor can also be used to detect analytes with different refractive index. The phase sensitivity of Cu-ITO-MoSe2 structure is 30.18 times higher than that of the single Cu thin film and 1.51 times higher than that of the Cu-ITO hybrid structure. It is believed that the SPR sensor has potential application prospects in environmental monitoring, chemical examination, and biological and gas detection.

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This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61605179), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (162301132703, G1323511665), the 863 High Technology Plan (2015AA015502), and Fundamental Research Founds for National University, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (1810491T06 and 1810491B08).

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    Lei Han, Xinjing He, Licai Ge, Tianye Huang, Huafeng Ding & Chuan Wu

  2. Hebei Provincial Key Laboratory of Parallel Robot and Mechatronic System, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

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Han, L., He, X., Ge, L. et al. Comprehensive Study of SPR Biosensor Performance Based on Metal-ITO-Graphene/TMDC Hybrid Multilayer. Plasmonics 14, 2021–2030 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-019-01004-w

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