Table 1 Comparison of various nanostructurs-enhaced SPR biosensing platforms. (Selected)

From: Sensitivity enhancement of surface plasmon resonance biosensors based on versatile nanostructures: principle, fabrication, and illustrative applications

Biosensing platform

Preparation Method

Sensitivity enhancement mechanism

Signal modulation

Target analytes

Sensitivity/LOD

Ref.

Au/AuNPs

liquid phase method

SPR-LSPR coupling

phase modulation

pathogenic H9N2 viruses

(1.04 × 10-5 fM)

201

Au/AuNPs

liquid phase method

SPR-LSPR coupling

angle modulation

cortisol

104.687 deg/RIU

222

Au/AuNPs/(MXene-TA-Au-PEG)

physical mechanical exfoliation + self-assembled + liquid phase method

SPR-LSPR coupling+ charge transfer

angle modulation

exosome

176.20 deg/RIU

203

Au/AuNPs

liquid phase method

SPR-LSPR coupling

intensity modulation

miRNAs

0.57 pM and 0.83 pM for miR-183 and miR-155

204

Au/MoS2/AuNPs

liquid phase method

SPR-LSPR coupling

angle modulation

LECT2

133.3 deg/RIU

205

Au/AuNRs

liquid phase method

SPR-LSPR coupling

feedback light-induced intensity modulations

endocrine-disrupting chemicals

5.9 × 10−8 RIU

206

Au/single-walled carbon nanotubes/ Fe3O4@TiO2,

arc plasma jet approach + liquid phase method

SPR-LSPR coupling

angle modulation

PD-L1+

129.39 deg/RIU

207

Au/2D MOF(Cu-TCPP)-AuNRs

liquid phase method

SPR-LSPR coupling

angle modulation

PD-L1+

253.31 deg/RIU

208

Au/Ti3C2 MXene/GNRs

liquid phase method + self-assembly

SPR-LSPR coupling

wavelength modulation

acetylcholine

0.04521 nm/μM

209

Ag/Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST)

magnetron sputtering

charge transfer

GH shift modulation

small biological molecules/ cancer markers

1.72×108 nm /RIU

63

Au/Mxene@MOF

liquid phase method

charge transfer

angle modulation

PD-L1+

166.17 deg/RIU

214

Au/Apt/AgNCs@CoB

liquid phase method

SPR-LSPR coupling+ charge transfer

intensity modulation

exosomal marker CD63

320 a.u LOD: 0.15 fg /mL

215

Ag/GO

liquid phase method

Fano resonance+ charge transfer

wavelength modulation

carcinoembryonic antigen

5.2 nm/(ng/ml)

216

Au/ 3D tuning hypersurface

electron beam evaporation

tune the resonant wavelength

wavelength modulation

D-biotin

100 µm/RIU, 27.5 fM(LOD)

54

Au/Au@SiO2

liquid phase method + self -assembled

SPR-LSPR coupling

angle modulation

PD-L1+

0.16 particles/mL

220

Au nanopore array metasurface

laser interference lithography + ion etching

SPR-LSPR coupling

intensity modulation

IgG

0.5–64 nm(LOD)

219

Au/2D MOF@UsAu

liquid phase method + self-assembled

SPR-LSPR coupling + charge transfer

angle modulation

PD-L1+

144.38 deg/RIU

218