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This significantly extended second edition�addresses the important physical phenomenon of�Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) or Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPP) in thin metal films, a phenomenon which is�exploited in the design of a large variety of physico-chemical optical sensors. In this treatment, crucial materials aspects for design and optimization of SPR sensors are investigated and described in detail. The text�covers a�selection of nanometer thin metal films, ranging from free-electron to the platinum-type conductors, along with their combination with a large variety of dielectric substrate materials, and associated individual layer and opto-geometric arrangements. Whereas the first edition treated solely the metal-liquid interface, the SP-resonance conditions considered here are expanded to cover the metal-gas interface in the angular and wavelength interrogation modes, localized and long-range SP’s and the influence of native oxidic�ad-layers in the case of non-noble metals. Furthermore,�a selection of metal grating structures that allow SP excitation is presented, as are features of radiative SP’s.� Finally, this treatise includes as-yet�hardly explored SPR features of selected metal�metal and metal�dielectric superlattices. An in-depth multilayer Fresnel evaluation�provides the mathematical tool for this optical analysis, which otherwise relies�solely on�experimentally determined electro-optical materials parameters.Typham this is the title: Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors A Materials Guide to Design, Characterization, Optimization, and Usage 2nd Edition