Two-dimensional colloidal photonic crystal biosensor for refractive index-based cancer detection
摘要
In this paper, we propose a simple 2D-colloidal photonic crystal (CPhC) based biosensor to detect cancer infected cells (Jurkat, HeLa, PC12, MDA-MB-231, MCF-7, White matter, Low grade glioma and Glioblastoma) in human body. The structure of the proposed biosensor consists of 13 × 13 array of titania (TiO2) nanospheres embedded in an air matrix featured by a nanocavity within the lattice. The incorporation of nanocavity in the CPhC template results in a sharp confinement of electric field, makes it effective for detecting diseased cells. Detection is based on the resonance peak shifts when the cancer cells are introduced into the nanocavity. The reflection spectrum and electric field distribution of the biosensor are investigated by performing numerical electromagnetic simulations based on finite element method (FEM). We calculated the sensitivity (