Advances in terahertz technology for cancer detection applications

M Gezimati, G Singh - Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2023 - Springer
Currently, there is an increasing demand for the diagnostic techniques that provide
functional and morphological information with early cancer detection capability. Novel …

Terahertz imaging and sensing for healthcare: current status and future perspectives

M Gezimati, G Singh - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a keen interest in the exploration of new generation emitters and detectors due to
advancements in innovation of new materials and device processing technologies which …

The potential of terahertz sensing for cancer diagnosis

Z Vafapour, A Keshavarz, H Ghahraloud - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The terahertz (THz) region lies between the microwave and infrared regions of the
electromagnetic (EM) spectrum such that it is strongly attenuated by water and very sensitive …

Polarization-independent perfect optical metamaterial absorber as a glucose sensor in food industry applications

Z Vafapour - IEEE transactions on nanobioscience, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Perfect optical metamaterial absorbers (POMMA) utilize intrinsic loss, with the aid of
appropriate structural design, to achieve near unity absorption at a certain wavelength. In all …

Colon cancer detection by designing and analytical evaluation of a water-based THz metamaterial perfect absorber

Z Vafapour, W Troy, A Rashidi - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Colon Cancer is the fourth most common form of cancer and the second-leading cause of
cancer related deaths in the United States. A large part of the reason the number of fatalities …

2D materials-based fiber optic SPR biosensor for cancer detection at 1550 nm

B Kaur, S Kumar, BK Kaushik - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Two-dimensional (2D) materials-based fiber-optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor
is proposed to diagnose the different cancers at the wavelength of 1550 nm. In this work, five …

Graphene-based metamaterial absorber for refractive index sensing applications in terahertz band

MR Nickpay, M Danaie, A Shahzadi - Diamond and Related Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
A tunable triple-band absorption-based refractive index (RI) sensor with a combined
graphene pattern in the terahertz (THz) band has been proposed in this paper. The …

Supersensitive and tunable nano-biosensor for cancer detection

HE Nejad, A Mir, A Farmani - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the present paper, we aim to report a simple, highly sensitive, and compact footprint
biosensor for cancer detection based on metamaterial containing structure utilizing …

Aging phenomena of backsheet materials of photovoltaic systems for future zero-carbon energy and the improvement pathway

JW Zhang, W Deng, Z Ye, S Diaham, C Putson… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The insulation degradation in polymeric backsheets has been identified as a main cause of
catastrophic accidents induced by short circuit or ground faults in photovoltaic module. To …

Sensing avian influenza viruses using terahertz metamaterial reflector

A Keshavarz, Z Vafapour - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We numerically demonstrate a highly sensitive detection of three subtypes of Avian
Influenza (AI) viruses, namely, H1N1, H5N2, and H9N2 viruses, using terahertz (THz) …