A Novel Design of Grooved Fibers for Fiber-Optic Localized Plasmon Resonance Biosensors.docVIP

Sensors 2009, 9, 6456-6470; doi:10.3390/OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article A Novel Design of Grooved Fibers for Fiber-Optic Localized Plasmon Resonance Biosensors Ching-Te Huang 1, Chun-Ping Jen 1,*, Tzu-Chien Chao 1, Wei-Te Wu 2, Wan-Yun Li 3 and Lai-Kwan Chau 3 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, 168, University Rd., Min-Hsiung, Chia Yi, 62102, Taiwan; E-Mails: chingtehuang@ (C.-T.H.); nick910192@ (T.-C.C.) 2 Department of Biomechatronics Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingt