Table 10 Comparison of the sensitivity of our angular SPR hybrid heterostructure sensor with the previous SPR sensors.

From: Angular surface plasmon resonance-based sensor with a silver nanocomposite layer for effective water pollution detection

Ref

Configuration of SPR

Based on

Operating wavelength (nm)

Sensitivity

35

Ni/ZnO nanocomposite assisted with graphene

Kretschmann configuration

633 (angular interrogation)

378.34\(\circ/\text{RIU}\)

45

Hetero-structured air/MoS2/nanocomposite/MoS2/graphene

Otto configuration

633 (angular interrogation)

200\(\circ/\text{RIU}\)

46

Prism (BK7), silver (Ag), titanium dioxide (TiO2), hybrid inorganic–organic halide perovskites (MAPbBr3) and graphene (Gr) layers

Kretschmann configuration

632.8

(Angular interrogation)

224\(\circ/\text{RIU}\)

47

A nanocomposite-based fiber optics sensor with platinum nanoparticles

Kretschmann configuration

Depend on (wavelength interrogation)

Not present

48

BK7 prism/Ag/BiFeO3/graphene/analyte

Kretschmann configuration

633

293\(\circ/\text{RIU}\)

49

Ag metallic layer coated with chitosan–graphene oxide nanocomposite

By using SPR setup

850 nm

1.38◦ ppm − 1

50

titanium, silver, graphene, photonic crystal, and a sensing layer

Not present

633

72\(\circ/\text{RIU}\)

Proposed work

Prism/Ag/BiFeO3/AgNC/BiFeO3/S.m

Kretschmann configuration

633

448\(\circ/\text{RIU}\)