Plasmonic MEMS

The concept of plasmonic MEMS and micropatterning have been developed for various applications including compact chemical and biological sensors, optical data storage, micro/nano imaging, and ultrahigh resolution displayers and printers, to name a few. Subwavelength confinement and enhancement of light by surface plasmons make it possible to build ultra-sensitive biological imaging and sensing devices and integrate them in a wide range of different on-chip applications. Here we focus on the emerging field of bio-sensing and bio-imaging, including refractive-index based label-free biosensing; plasmonic near-field scanning optical microscopy; plasmonic integrated lab-on-chip for point-of-care (POC) systems; and plasmonic on-chip cellular imaging.