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Nano-film aluminum-gold for ultra-high dynamic-range surface plasmon resonance chemical sensor

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An analytical and experimental study of nanofilm aluminum (Al) for ultra-high dynamic range surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor is presented in this article. A thin film of 16 nm Al is proposed for metallic sensing layer for SPR sensor. For the protective layer, a 10 nm of gold (Au) layer was configured on top of Al as a protection layer. This ultra-high dynamic range of SPR biosensor reached the bulk refractive index sample limit up to 1.45 RIU. For the analytical study, with the assumption of anisotropic refractive indices experiment, the dynamic range showed a refractive index value of around 1.58 RIU. The refractive index value limit achieved by the proposed sensing design is potentially implemented in various applications, such as in chemical detection and environmental monitoring study with high refractive index solution sample. The experimental results are presented as a proof-of-concept of the proposed idea.

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  1. Research Center for Electronics and Telecommunications, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Bandung, 40135, Indonesia

    Briliant Adhi Prabowo, I Dewa Putu Hermida & Robeth Viktoria Manurung

  2. Department of Electronics Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 33302, Taiwan

    Briliant Adhi Prabowo & Kou-Chen Liu

  3. Biosensor Group, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 33302, Taiwan

    Briliant Adhi Prabowo, Agnes Purwidyantri & Kou-Chen Liu

  4. Research Unit for Clean Technology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Bandung, 40135, Indonesia

    Agnes Purwidyantri

  5. Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, 33305, Taiwan

    Kou-Chen Liu

  6. Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City, 24301, Taiwan

    Kou-Chen Liu

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Briliant Adhi PRABOWO received the Ph.D. degree from Department of Electronics Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, China. His research topics are related to the photonic sensor, organic electronic devices, bioelectronics, and biosensor. In addition, he received his Master of Engineering in Center for Computational Microelectronics, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering Asia University, Taiwan, China. His master research was related to TCAD Engineering (2D and 3D) for power devices reliability include AlGaN/GaN HEMTs appliance, the bipolar transistor, and LDMOS. He received Bachelor Engineering from Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang, Indonesia in 2005. In April 2006, he joined PT. Televisi Transformasi Indonesia (Trans TV) in Transmission Department, and worked on satellite and microwave communication field for broadcasting. In January 2008, he joined Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) at Research Center for Informatics, and from 2017 he joins the Research Center for Electronics and Telecommunications. Recently he joins a visiting scholar program in Organic Electro-optical Device group, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, China.

I Dewa Putu HERMIDA completed his Master’s degree at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bandung, in 2003. Currently, he works at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) from 1993, as Head of Analysis Circuit, at Research Center and Development TELKOMALIPI, 1998–2003, Head of Microelectronics Component, Research Center for Electronics and Telecommunications—LIPI, 2010–2013. The fields of research are sensors, microelectronics, and materials.

Robeth Viktoria MANURUNG studied biophotonics at Yang Ming University, Taiwan, China, and obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2016 with the topic of research “Nanostructured platform for biomedical implant and bioimaging.” Currently, he works at Research Centre for Electronics & Telecommunication, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia since 1996. His current research interests cover biosensor especially electrochemical biosensor, materials science at the nanoscale, with a particular focus on functional materials and up conversion nanoparticles processes for bioimaging and drug delivery. Several international publication have been produced as the output of his research expertise. Also he has recently organized The 2018 International Conference on Radar, Antenna, Microwave, Electronics and Telecommunications (ICRAMET) which is also technically sponsored by IEEE Indonesian Chapter.

Agnes PURWIDYANTRI received her Bachelor’s degree in food technology from Soegijapranata University, Indonesia in 2007 and Master’s degree in biotechnology from Asia University, Taiwan, China in 2013. Her Ph.D. was obtained from Chang Gung University in biomedical engineering, Taiwan, China in 2017. During her Ph.D. and postdoctoral programs, she joined the Semiconductor Laboratory, Biosensor Group at Chang Gung University under the supervisory of Prof. Chao-Sung Lai. She currently serves as a research fellow at the Research Unit for Clean Technology (LPTB), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Her interests comprise the development of multi-implementative nanostructure for biosensors, such as field-effect transistor, electrochemical sensor, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for biomedical application, green synthesized and biomaterial-based sensing platforms and environmental monitoring.

Kou-Chen LIU is the full professor and former chairperson of the Electronics Engineering Department, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, China. He is also affiliated to Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan, China. He received the doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, Department of Electrical Engineering. In 2002 he joined the Graduate Institute of Optoelectronics, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, China, and receive the full professorship in Department of Electronics Engineering in 2012. His recent research interests are in the area of thin film transistor devices, organic electronics, polymer LED, and past years are focusing on the portable SPR biosensor for various biomedical applications. He received several top national research grants from Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan, China) for engineering and biosensor research, also from Chang Gung Memorial Hospital for clinical research and biosensor applications. He has several patents in thin-film technology and biosensing platform. He is a routine reviewer in several reputable international journals in the area of thin solid film, organic electronics and biosensor application fields. He has several year research experiences in Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Motorola, and the University of Texas-Austin. His past research works are related to ASIC design, deep development nano and submicron Si and SiGe vertical MOSFET, Si, SiGe Poly-TFT, SiGe, and SOI devices.

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Prabowo, B.A., Hermida, I.D.P., Manurung, R.V. et al. Nano-film aluminum-gold for ultra-high dynamic-range surface plasmon resonance chemical sensor. Front. Optoelectron. 12, 286–295 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-019-0864-y

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