diff --git a/tex/discussion.tex b/tex/discussion.tex index 9fe5f5b..3ea795c 100644 --- a/tex/discussion.tex +++ b/tex/discussion.tex @@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ %\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