RT Journal Article T1 Single Out-of-Resonance Dielectric Nanoparticles as Molecular Sensors A1 Celiksoy, Sirin A1 Ye, Weixiang A1 Ahijado Guzmán, Rubén A1 Sönnichsen, Carsten AB Light scattering from single nanoparticles and nanostructures is a commonly used readout method for nanosensors. Increasing the spectral sensitivity of resonant nanosensors to changes in their local surrounding has been the focus of many studies. Switching from spectral to intensity monitoring allows one to investigate nonresonant or out-of-resonance dielectric nanoparticles. Here, we systematically compared such dielectric silica nanoparticles with plasmonic gold nanorods by deriving analytical expressions and by performing experiments. The experiments show a similar sensitivity for the detection of an adsorbate layer for both particle types, which is in good agreement with theory. The flat spectral response of dielectric silica nanoparticles simplifies the choice of illumination wavelength. PB American Chemical Society SN 2379-3694 YR 2021 FD 2021 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/92245 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/92245 LA eng NO Celiksoy, S.; Ye, W.; Ahijado-Guzmán, R.; Sönnichsen, C. Single Out-of-Resonance Dielectric Nanoparticles as Molecular Sensors. ACS Sens. 2021, 6, 716-721 DOI:10.1021/acssensors.0c02629. DS Docta Complutense RD 10 abr 2025