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Bi H, Yang M, You R. Advances in terahertz metasurface graphene for biosensing and application. DISCOVER NANO 2023; 18:63. [PMID: 37091985 PMCID: PMC10105365 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-023-03814-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Based on the extraordinary electromagnetic properties of terahertz waves, such as broadband, low energy, high permeability, and biometric fingerprint spectra, terahertz sensors show great application prospects in the biochemical field. However, the sensitivity of terahertz sensing technology is increasingly required by modern sensing demands. With the development of terahertz technology and functional materials, graphene-based terahertz metasurface sensors with the advantages of high sensitivity, fingerprint identification, nondestructive and anti-interference are gradually gaining attention. In addition to providing ideas for terahertz biosensors, these devices have attracted in-depth research and development by scientists. An overview of graphene-based terahertz metasurfaces and their applications in the detection of biochemical molecules is presented. This includes sensor mechanism research, graphene metasurface index evaluation, protein and nucleic acid sensors, and other chemical molecule sensing. A comparative analysis of graphene, nanomaterials, silicon, and metals to develop material-integrated metasurfaces. Furthermore, a brief summary of the main performance results of this class of devices is presented, along with suggestions for improvements to the existing shortcoming.
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- Hao Bi
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Measurement Technology, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Integrated Circuits, 100084, Beijing, China
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- School of Electrical and Optoelectronic Engineering, West Anhui University, Lu’an, 237012 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Measurement Technology, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Detection Technology and Instrument, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Integrated Circuits, 100084, Beijing, China
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Guan H, Qiu W, Liu H, Cao Y, Tian L, Huang P, Hou D, Zhang G. Study on the detection method of biological characteristics of hepatoma cells based on terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 14:5781-5794. [PMID: 38021130 PMCID: PMC10659802 DOI: 10.1364/boe.495600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Liver cancer usually has a high degree of malignancy and its early symptoms are hidden, therefore, it is of significant research value to develop early-stage detection methods of liver cancer for pathological screening. In this paper, a biometric detection method for living human hepatocytes based on terahertz time-domain spectroscopy was proposed. The difference in terahertz response between normal and cancer cells was analyzed, including five characteristic parameters in the response, namely refractive index, absorption coefficient, dielectric constant, dielectric loss and dielectric loss tangent. Based on class separability and variable correlation, absorption coefficient and dielectric loss were selected to better characterize cellular properties. Maximum information coefficient and principal component analysis were employed for feature extraction, and a cell classification model of support vector machine was constructed. The results showed that the algorithm based on parameter feature fusion can achieve an accuracy of 91.6% for human hepatoma cell lines and one normal cell line. This work provides a promising solution for the qualitative evaluation of living cells in liquid environment.
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- Hanxiao Guan
- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control
Technology, College of Control Science and Engineering,
Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and
Instrument Science, Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control
Technology, College of Control Science and Engineering,
Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control
Technology, College of Control Science and Engineering,
Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and
Instrument Science, Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control
Technology, College of Control Science and Engineering,
Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control
Technology, College of Control Science and Engineering,
Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control
Technology, College of Control Science and Engineering,
Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310000, China
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Zhan X, Liu Y, Chen Z, Luo J, Yang S, Yang X. Revolutionary approaches for cancer diagnosis by terahertz-based spectroscopy and imaging. Talanta 2023; 259:124483. [PMID: 37019007 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Most tumors are easily missed and misdiagnosed due to the lack of specific clinical signs and symptoms in the early stage. Thus, an accurate, rapid and reliable early tumor detection method is highly desirable. The application of terahertz (THz) spectroscopy and imaging in biomedicine has made remarkable progress in the past two decades, which addresses the shortcomings of existing technologies and provides an alternative for early tumor diagnosis. Although issues such as size mismatch and strong absorption of THz waves by water have set hurdles for cancer diagnosis by THz technology, innovative materials and biosensors in recent years have led to possibilities for new THz biosensing and imaging methods. In this article, we reviewed the issues that need to be solved before THz technology is used for tumor-related biological sample detection and clinical auxiliary diagnosis. We focused on the recent research progress of THz technology, with an emphasis on biosensing and imaging. Finally, the application of THz spectroscopy and imaging for tumor diagnosis in clinical practice and the main challenges in this process were also mentioned. Collectively, THz-based spectroscopy and imaging reviewed here is envisioned as a cutting-edge approach for cancer diagnosis.
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- Xinyu Zhan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Gastroenterology Department, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.
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Wei HK, Ito H, Huang WH, Chen ZW, Ko YK, Tu CM, Yabushita A, Misawa K, Luo CW. Few-cycle THz wave manipulation with a high degree of freedom via f-t modulation. OPTICS LETTERS 2023; 48:1016-1019. [PMID: 36790999 DOI: 10.1364/ol.479000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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THz waves have been intensively applied in many fields, e.g., spectroscopy, imaging, and communications. However, owing to the rarity of available techniques for manipulating circularly polarized few-cycle THz waves on picosecond time scales, most of the current studies are conducted with linearly polarized THz waves. Here we demonstrate circularly polarized (CP) THz (dual) pulses generated by a polarization-twisting pulse/dual pulse (PTP/PTDP). The polarization-twisting optical dual pulses can be generated via a modified Michelson interferometer (MI) system, which provides the ability to control the frequency, helicity, and time interval of the dual pulses arbitrarily and individually. Such a novel, to the best of our knowledge, modulation technique shows huge potential for applications, not only in imaging and spectroscopy but also in next-generation communications.
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Recent progress in terahertz biosensors based on artificial electromagnetic subwavelength structure. Trends Analyt Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2022.116888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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