Fano-resonant Asymmetric Metamaterials for Sensing and Vibrational Fingerprinting of Protein Monolayers

Precise information about the structure of protein monolayers (thickness, bond orientation, dipole strength) can be obtained using difference-reflectivity spectroscopy of functionalized Fano-resonant asymmetric metamaterials. Experimental results for peptide, single-protein, and two-protein monolayers will be presented. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America