NSF Award Abstract - #0304097| NSF Award Abstract - #0304097 |
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| NSF Org | EEC |
| Latest Amendment Date | August 14, 2003 |
| Award Number | 0304097 |
| Award Instrument | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager |
Tapan Mukherjee EEC DIV OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND CENTERS ENG DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING |
| Start Date | August 15, 2003 |
| Expires | July 31, 2007 (Estimated) |
| Expected Total Amount | $1521288 (Estimated) |
| Investigator |
Naomi J. Halas halas@rice.edu (Principal Investigator current) Bruce R. Johnson (Co-Principal Investigator current) Mehmet Sarikaya (Co-Principal Investigator current) Peter A. Nordlander (Co-Principal Investigator current) Jeffrey D. Hartgerink (Co-Principal Investigator current) |
| Sponsor |
William Marsh Rice Univ 6100 Main Street, MS-16 Houston, TX 772511892 713/348-4820 |
| NSF Program | 1480 ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTERS |
| Field Application | |
| Program Reference Code | 0000,1674,5918,OTHR, |
EEC-0304097 William Marsh Rice University HalasThe objective of this 48-month project is to investigate surface enhanced spectroscopy as a sensing tool for the nanostructure-enhanced chemical and biological detection, with a focus on minimal sample preparation and sample contact. The research goals include: (1) to design, construct and optimize nanostructure-based substrates for ultra sensitive detection of molecules based on Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, and Surface Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy; (2) to develop a comprehensive fundamental understanding of nanostructure-enhanced chemical detection by accurately modeling the substrate, the molecule and the near field at the substrate-molecule interface., and (3) to apply this fundamental understanding to the chemical detection of small molecules, functional groups characteristic of chemical, biological and explosive agents, to proteins and ultimately to micron-sized protein-coated objects.
