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%\subsection{LSPR response to BSA}

Figure \ref{fig:2pz_response} shows a red shift of the plasmon resonance frequency peak in presence of the BSA proteins.
This result agrees with experimental observations
\cite{TangETal2010, RaphaelETal2013}. Moreover, we observe a decrement of
the peak, which is also present in the results of Tang, et al.~\cite{TangETal2010}.
Both results, the red-shift and the decrement of the peak in the presence of
the proteins, indicate that our boundary element method approach using electrostatic
approximation is capable of capturing the characteristic resonance-frequency
shift in LSPR biosensors.
Experimental observations of Tang, et al.~\cite{TangETal2010} with silver nanoparticles of approximately 17 nm in diameter and BSA proteins in solution revealed a red shift upon adding the proteins.
Similar to the effect we see with our model, they observed as well a decrement of
the peak amplitude.
Other experimental results are consistent \cite{RaphaelETal2013}, with a red shift and decrease of the peak amplitude in the presence of the proteins.
Our boundary element method approach using electrostatic
approximation is thus able to capture the characteristic resonance-frequency
shift of LSPR biosensors.

With the electric field aligned in the $z$-direction, placing the proteins at a distance
in the $x$ or $y$ directions from the nanoparticle shows a negligible shift in the
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