Table 11.

Sensitivity of different LSPR sensors for wavelength shift-based recognition.

Structure	Dimension (nm)	λLSPR (nm)	Sensitivity (nm/RIU)	FOM 1 (RIU−1)	References
Gold nanoparticles
Nanospheres	15	520	44	0.6	[197,201, 202]
	50		60
	30		71
	13		76
Nanobranches	80	1141	703	0.8	[202]
Nanoshells hollow	50	680	409		[201]
Nanoshells/SiO2 core	50–175	Varies	570–996		[203]
Nanorings	75–150	1058–1545	880		[204]
Nanorods	74 (d = 33)	700	252		[202,205]
	40	653	195	2.6
	55	728	224	2.1
	74 (d = 17)	846	288	1.7
Nanorice core	9.8–27.5	1160	800		[206]
Nanocubes	44	538	83	1.5	[202]
Nanobipyramids	27–189	645	15	1.7	[202]
	50	735	212	2.8
	103	886	392	4.2
	189	1096	540	4.5
Nanostars	100	647,700,783	879 2	10.7	[207]
Metamaterial	400 × 80 and 340 × 90 3		588	3.8	[100]
Silver nanoparticles
Nanosphere	40–90	400–480	160		[208]
Nanoprism	55–120	600–700	200–350	2.3–3.3	[208,209]
Nanoprism/Au coated	21–22	940	470		[210]
Array (NSL)	Varies	500–700	200		[211]
Nanocubes	30	430	1569 4	5.4	[212]

¹: Figure of Merit; ²: Value converted from eV RIU⁻¹ to nm RIU⁻¹; ³: H-fashioned cut-out structure in 30 nm gold film; ⁴: Value transformed from the unit of eV RIU^-1 to nm RIU⁻¹.