Low-cost, flexible substrates for nanoplasmonic sensing

EU-funded researchers with the PLASMAQUO project have developed new way to visualise chemical communication within microbial populations, which could lead to new anti-bacterial therapeutic strategies with relevant biomedical applications.

Thanks to their unprecedented ability to concentrate light at the nanometre scale, plasmonic nanostructures have played a significant role in the field of nanotechnology, particularly as to their use in various sensing applications. ‘The adsorption of plasmonic nanoparticles onto substrates in a controlled manner is a crucial process for the fabrication of nanoplasmonic devices where the nanoparticles amplify the electromagnetic fields for enhanced device performance,’ says Luis Liz-Marzán, project coordinator of the EU-funded PLASMAQUO project.

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