A highly sensitive shape-engineered AuNP-integrated LSPR-PCF biosensor with systematic comparative analysis for MCF-7 cancer detection
摘要
This work introduces a geometrically optimised photonic crystal fibre (PCF) biosensor for the detecting MCF-7 cancer cells based on localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). A comparative analysis was conducted to examine the effects of several gold nanoparticle (AuNP) geometries, including Rectangular, Cylindrical, Circular, Square, Hexagonal, and Elliptical, on the confinement loss (CL) and sensitivity (Amplitude and Wavelength) of the biosensor. The shape of AuNPs has a significant impact on the excitation of plasmonic and resonance properties, according to simulation studies based on the Finite Element Method (FEM). The best response is shown by the Elliptical AuNPs design, which achieves ‘CL’ values of