Recent Advances in Plasmonic Probes: Theory and Practice (Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology, 33)

This book gives a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in both theory and practical implementation of plasmonic probes. Encompassing multiple disciplines, the field of plasmonics provides a versatile and flexible platform for nanoscale sensing and imaging. Despite being a relatively young field, plasmonic probes have come a long way, with applications in chemical, biological, civil, and architectural fields as well as enabling many analytical schemes such as immunoassay, biomarkers, environmental indexing, and water quality sensing, to name but a few. The objective of the book is to present in-depth analysis of the theory and applications of novel probes based on plasmonics, with a broad selection of specially-invited chapters on the development, fabrication, functionalization, and implementation of plasmonic probes as well as their integration with current technologies and future outlook. This book is designed to cater to the needs of novice, seasoned researchers and practitioners in academia and industry, as well as medical and environmental fields.

Dr. Rajib Biswas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Tezpur University, India. He carried out his doctoral research in CSIR Lab―Northeast Institute of Science and Technology. He has been instrumental in designing cost-effective sensing probes engaging optical microscopes, second harmonic generation, Localized surface Plasmon resonance, self-imaging, digital electrodes for environmental applications. He has more than 12 years of teaching experience in biophotonics, photonics, physics, and bioinformatics. He has published more than 75 research articles in the peer-reviewed international journals and is a member of several national and international scientific societies and organizations including, the Optical Society (OSA), Indian Society of Earthquakes (Life Member), Geohazards Research Society. He has been serving as regular reviewer of many International Journals as well as in editorial responsibilities.

Dr. Nirmal Mazumder is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2013 from National Yang Ming Chaio Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan. From 2013 to 2016, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia, the USA, and the Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy. He has been developing nonlinear optical microscopes, including two photon fluorescence, second harmonic generation, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering for biomedical applications. He has more than 10 years of teaching experience in biophysics, biophotonics, photonics, physics, and bioinformatics. He has published more than 50 research articles in the peer-reviewed international journals and is a member of several national and international scientific societies and organizations including, the Optical Society (OSA) (Senior member), SPIE―the International Society for Optical Engineering (Senior member), Society of Biological Chemists (I) (Life Member), Environmental Mutagen Society of India (Life Member).