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Nano Research & Applications

ISSN 2471-9838

September 11-12, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands

International Conference on

Advanced Nanotechnology

Notes:

Advanced Nano 2017

Nanoscale engineering of plasmonic materials

for biosensing

arly diagnosis plays an increasingly significant role

in current clinical drive. Detection, identification, and

quantification of low abundance biomarker proteins

form a promising basis for early clinical diagnosis and

offer a range of important medical benefits. Amplification

of light from NIR fluorophores by coupling to metal

nanostructures, i.e. Metal Induced Fluorescence

Enhancement (MIFE), represents a promising

strategy for dramatically improving the detection and

quantification of low abundance biomarker proteins,

and potentially increase already sensitive fluorescence

based detection by up to three orders of magnitude. The

amplification of the fluorescence system is based on

interaction of the excited fluorophores with the surface

plasmon resonance in metallic nanostructures. The

enhanced fluorescence intensity due to the existence of

metal nanostructures makes it possible to detect much

lower levels of biomarkers tagged with fluorescence

molecules either in sensing format or for tissue imaging.

The first part of my talk will focus on some recent

developments of plasmonic metal nanostructures

by both top-down and bottom up methods. I will then

discuss the prepared plasmonic nanostructures in the

applications of biosensing.

Biography

Fang Xie is a Senior Lecturer in Department of Materials, Imperial College London.

She is also Deputy Director. She has expertise in functional nanomaterials

including metal, semiconducting, and oxide nanomaterials synthesis, as well as

the applications of the functional materials in energy and life sciences. Her current

research interests include plasmonic nanostructures for efficient light harvesting for

solar cells and solar fuels, as well as in ultrasensitive biosensing and bio-imaging

applications. She has over 50 publications including five patents.

Fang Xie

Imperial College London, UK

Fang Xie, Nano Res Appl 2017, 3:3

DOI: 10.21767/2471-9838-C1-001