Plasmonic Substrates for Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence Based Sensing, Imaging and Assays

摘要

Techniques for metal enhanced fluorescence include determining a calibration curve that relates concentration of a particular analyte to at least one of intensity or lifetime of fluorescent emissions at a functionalized substrate in response to incident light, for a plurality of known concentrations of the particular analyte mixed with a reagent. The functionalized substrate comprises a plasmonic substrate and a bioactive target molecule that has an affinity for the particular analyte. The reagent comprises a detection molecule. A concentration of the particular analyte in a sample is determined directly from the calibration curve and measurements, in response to the incident light, of at least one of intensity or lifetime of fluorescent emissions at the functionalized substrate in contact with the sample and reagent.