Open AccessTerahertz polarization sensing based on metasurface microsensor display anti-proliferation of tumor cells with aspirin
Author(s) -
Lei Liu,
Tengfei Li,
Zixian Liu,
Fei Fan,
Hongfeng Yuan,
Ziyang Zhang,
Shengjiang Chang,
Xiaodong Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
biomedical optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.362
H-Index - 86
ISSN - 2156-7085
DOI - 10.1364/boe.392056
Subject(s) - biosensor , terahertz radiation , polarization (electrochemistry) , optics , materials science , optoelectronics , resonance (particle physics) , nanotechnology , chemistry , physics , particle physics
The inhibition effects of aspirin on cell proliferation are investigated by both traditional THz resonance sensing and the improved THz polarization sensing method based on a polarization dependent metasurface microsensor. Compared to resonance sensing, the quality factor of polarization sensing is 4∼5 times higher than that of resonance sensing, and its figure of merit is at least one order of magnitude higher than that of the resonance sensing with the same metasurface microsensor. Our proposed metasurface-based biosensors may supply a novel viewpoint on cell proliferation from a physical perspective and be a valuable complementary reference for biological study.