New Frontier in Terahertz Technologies for Virus Sensing

The recent pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 virus has made evident critical issues relating to virus sensing and the need for deployable tools for adequate, rapid, effective viral recognition on a large-scale. Although many conventional molecular and immuno-based techniques are widely used for these purposes, they still have some drawbacks concerning sensitivity, safety, laboriousness, long-term collection and data analysis. Therefore, new rapidly emerging approaches have been introduced such as terahertz (THz)-based technologies. In this contribution, we summarize the emerging THz radiation technology, its solutions and applications for high-sensitivity viral detection.

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The recent pandemic has raised the need for deployable tools for rapid and effective viral detection on a large scale. Traditional techniques have limitations in sensitivity, safety, laboriousness, and long-term data analysis. Terahertz-based technologies have emerged as a new approach for high-sensitivity viral detection. In this article, we summarize the emerging THz radiation technology and its solutions and applications.