Alexandre G Brolo

Summary

Affiliation: University of Victoria
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Enhanced fluorescence from arrays of nanoholes in a gold film
    Alexandre G Brolo
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, B C, Canada
    J Am Chem Soc 127:14936-41. 2005
  2. ncbi Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) optrodes for multiplexed on-chip sensing of nile blue A and oxazine 720
    Meikun Fan
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada
    Lab Chip 12:1554-60. 2012
  3. ncbi Flow-through vs flow-over: analysis of transport and binding in nanohole array plasmonic biosensors
    Carlos Escobedo
    Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
    Anal Chem 82:10015-20. 2010
  4. ncbi Multilayer silver nanoparticles-modified optical fiber tip for high performance SERS remote sensing
    Gustavo F S Andrade
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3V6
    Biosens Bioelectron 25:2270-5. 2010
  5. ncbi Attomolar protein detection using in-hole surface plasmon resonance
    Jacqueline Ferreira
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, P O Box 3065, V8W 3V6, Victoria, BC, Canada
    J Am Chem Soc 131:436-7. 2009
  6. ncbi Nanoholes as nanochannels: flow-through plasmonic sensing
    Fatemeh Eftekhari
    Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Anal Chem 81:4308-11. 2009
  7. ncbi Silver nanoparticles self assembly as SERS substrates with near single molecule detection limit
    Meikun Fan
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
    Phys Chem Chem Phys 11:7381-9. 2009
  8. ncbi Self-assembled Au nanoparticles as substrates for surface-enhanced vibrational spectroscopy: optimization and electrochemical stability
    Meikun Fan
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3V6, Canada
    Chemphyschem 9:1899-907. 2008
  9. ncbi A new generation of sensors based on extraordinary optical transmission
    Reuven Gordon
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, P O Box 3055, Victoria, B C V8W 3P6, Canada
    Acc Chem Res 41:1049-57. 2008
  10. ncbi Variability in Raman spectra of single human tumor cells cultured in vitro: correlation with cell cycle and culture confluency
    Quinn Matthews
    Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
    Appl Spectrosc 64:871-87. 2010

Collaborators

  • Reuven Gordon
  • Eugenia Kumacheva
  • Meikun Fan
  • Gustavo F S Andrade
  • Carlos Escobedo
  • David Sinton
  • Jacqueline Ferreira
  • Anna Lee
  • Diego P dos Santos
  • Quinn Matthews
  • Xiaobo Duan
  • Emerson M Girotto
  • Fatemeh Eftekhari
  • Penghui Wang
  • Ethan Tumarkin
  • Marcia L A Temperini
  • Neil Coombs
  • Kun Liu
  • Michele L Souza
  • Aftab Ahmed
  • Andrew Jirasek
  • Julian Lum
  • Mohammad M Rahman
  • Marcos J L Santos

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Enhanced fluorescence from arrays of nanoholes in a gold film
    Alexandre G Brolo
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, B C, Canada
    J Am Chem Soc 127:14936-41. 2005
    ....
  2. ncbi Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) optrodes for multiplexed on-chip sensing of nile blue A and oxazine 720
    Meikun Fan
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada
    Lab Chip 12:1554-60. 2012
    ..These results demonstrate the advantages of the SERS-optrode for microfluidics applications by illustrating the potential of this vibrational method to quantify components in a mixture...
  3. ncbi Flow-through vs flow-over: analysis of transport and binding in nanohole array plasmonic biosensors
    Carlos Escobedo
    Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
    Anal Chem 82:10015-20. 2010
    ..For common binding kinetics and analytes, flow-through nanohole arrays offer ∼10-fold improvement in response time, with a maximum of 20-fold improvement for small biomolecules with rapid kinetics...
  4. ncbi Multilayer silver nanoparticles-modified optical fiber tip for high performance SERS remote sensing
    Gustavo F S Andrade
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3V6
    Biosens Bioelectron 25:2270-5. 2010
    ..It can be envisioned that the Ag-NPs-MOFT device reported in this work can be further developed for SERS-based remote biosensing...
  5. ncbi Attomolar protein detection using in-hole surface plasmon resonance
    Jacqueline Ferreira
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, P O Box 3065, V8W 3V6, Victoria, BC, Canada
    J Am Chem Soc 131:436-7. 2009
    ..The sensitivity was found to be 650 nm/RIU and the detection of three attomoles of proteins was estimated from this scheme...
  6. ncbi Nanoholes as nanochannels: flow-through plasmonic sensing
    Fatemeh Eftekhari
    Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Anal Chem 81:4308-11. 2009
    ..The flow-through method resulted in a 6-fold improvement in response time as compared to the established flow-over method...
  7. ncbi Silver nanoparticles self assembly as SERS substrates with near single molecule detection limit
    Meikun Fan
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
    Phys Chem Chem Phys 11:7381-9. 2009
    ..At optimum conditions and with a 632.8 nm laser, the signal from an estimated of only approximately 44 probe molecules (100x objective) can still be detected...
  8. ncbi Self-assembled Au nanoparticles as substrates for surface-enhanced vibrational spectroscopy: optimization and electrochemical stability
    Meikun Fan
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 3V6, Canada
    Chemphyschem 9:1899-907. 2008
    ..In situ electrochemical SERS measurements show that these substrates are stable within the potential window between -800 and +200 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl/sat. Cl(-))...
  9. ncbi A new generation of sensors based on extraordinary optical transmission
    Reuven Gordon
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, P O Box 3055, Victoria, B C V8W 3P6, Canada
    Acc Chem Res 41:1049-57. 2008
    ..Further research could exploit this platform to develop nanostructures that support high field localization for single-molecule spectroscopy...
  10. ncbi Variability in Raman spectra of single human tumor cells cultured in vitro: correlation with cell cycle and culture confluency
    Quinn Matthews
    Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
    Appl Spectrosc 64:871-87. 2010
    ..Our characterization of the inherent sources of variability in Raman spectra of single human cells will be useful for understanding subtle spectral differences in RM studies of single cells...
  11. ncbi Probing dynamic generation of hot-spots in self-assembled chains of gold nanorods by surface-enhanced Raman scattering
    Anna Lee
    Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
    J Am Chem Soc 133:7563-70. 2011
    ....
  12. ncbi Fluctuations of the Stokes and anti-Stokes surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering intensities in an electrochemical environment
    Diego P dos Santos
    Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, P O Box 3065, Victoria, Canada V8W 3V6
    Chem Commun (Camb) 47:7158-60. 2011
    ..The distributions of the anti-Stokes to Stokes ratios were obtained and their shape showed a strong dependence on the applied potential...
  13. ncbi Surface plasmon sensor based on the enhanced light transmission through arrays of nanoholes in gold films
    Alexandre G Brolo
    Langmuir 20:4813-5. 2004
    ..Furthermore, the optical geometry is collinear, which simplifies the alignment with respect to the traditional Kretschmann (reflection) arrangement for SPR sensing...