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MXene-Based Kretschmann Configured Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor in Visible Regime

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The proposed work exhibits the novel Kretschmann (K)-surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor structure based on the cobalt and 2D material MXene (Ti3C2Tx). The performance of a silver (Ag)-cobalt (Co) (bimetallic)-based SPR sensor is numerically investigated by the transfer matrix method (TMM) for the analysis of light propagation through the proposed layers. Additionally, the electric field intensity and penetration depth (PD) are analyzed by the finite element method (FEM) using COMSOL Multiphysics. The cobalt confirms the large magneto-optical activity suitable for plasmonics. The optimization of the Ag-Co metals and MXene thickness enhances the sensitivity of the proposed sensor with the minimum reflectance (Rmin). Two-dimensional (2D) material of MXene enhances the sensitivity and protects the bimetals (Ag-Co) from oxidation. The highest sensitivity of 272.38°/RIU is achieved with the proposed sensor, and it is convenient in the medical and life science field to detect biomolecules.

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This work was sponsored in part by the Raining Program for Young Core Teachers of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province (2018GGJS190)—Research on automatic apple grading system based on machine vision and 2022 Scientific Research Project of Shangqiu Institute of Technology (2022KYXM02)—Research on the quality detection method of fresh jujube based on machine vision.

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    Degang Wu & Qianhui Chen

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Zhao, L., Wu, D. & Chen, Q. MXene-Based Kretschmann Configured Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor in Visible Regime. Plasmonics (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-023-02097-0

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