Extraordinary sensitivity enhancement by metasurfaces in terahertz detection of antibiotics

We have detected trace amounts of molecules of antibiotics (kanamycin sulfate) dispersed on metasurfaces with terahertz (THz) spectroscopy. Utilizing the extraordinary optical transmission resonance of an array of square-shaped slits on a silicon substrate at ~0.3 THz, we were able to monitor varyin...

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Main Authors: Xie, Lijuan, Gao, Weilu, Shu, Jie, Ying, Yibin, Kono, Junichiro
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345331/