Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 9, 20230045(2023)

Graphene-composite metamaterials-based multi-dimensional ultra-sensitive glutamic acid sensor

Ziqun Wang1, Zhenhua Li1, Xiaofei Hu1, Liang Xu1, Yaru Wang1, Meng Wang1, Yuanping Li1、*, Haiyun Yao1, Xin Yan1,2, and Lanju Liang1
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  • 1School of Opto-electronic Engineering, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277100, China
  • 2College of Information Science and Engineering, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277100, China
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    (a) Microscopic image of the fabricated metal array (without graphene); (b) Schematic of the unit cell of the metal array; (c) Schematic of the working sensor; (d) Microscopic image of the fabricated sensor covered by glutamic acid
    (a) THz transmission spectra for the Dev.2, where the red line indicates the experimental result and the black one indicates the simulated result; the simulated electric field distribution for (b) f=0.35 THz (the resonant dip DA) and (c) f=0.82 THz (the resonant dip DB), where the red color represents the maximum electric field intensity, and the blue one represents the minimum electric field intensity
    Transmission spectra for (a) Dev.1, (b) Dev.2, and (c) Dev.3 covered by glutamaic acid solution with the concentration of C0-C6; \begin{document}$ \Delta T $\end{document} as a function of the solution concentration for (d) Dev.1, (e) Dev.2 at the resonant peak P, and (f) Dev.3 at f=0.58 THz
    The evolution of EF in graphene energy band with the increasing solution concentration
    \begin{document}$ \Delta P $\end{document} spectra for (a) Dev.1, (b) Dev.2, and (c) Dev.3 covered by the glutamic acid solution with the concentration of C0-C6; the slope extracted from \begin{document}$ \Delta P $\end{document} spectra as a function of the solution concentration for (d) Dev.1, (e) Dev.2, and (f) Dev.3
    • Table 1. Comparison with reported THz amino acid sensors

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      Table 1. Comparison with reported THz amino acid sensors

      ReferenceSensorsLOD
      MM:超材料;Gr:石墨烯;LOD:探测极限 MM:metamaterial; Gr:graphene; LOD:limit of detection
      [17] MM~10−2 mg/mL
      [18] MM0.2 mg/mL
      [19] Gr+MM10 ng/mL
      This workGr+MM~0.1 fg/mL
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    Ziqun Wang, Zhenhua Li, Xiaofei Hu, Liang Xu, Yaru Wang, Meng Wang, Yuanping Li, Haiyun Yao, Xin Yan, Lanju Liang. Graphene-composite metamaterials-based multi-dimensional ultra-sensitive glutamic acid sensor[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(9): 20230045

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical devices

    Received: Feb. 2, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 23, 2023

    The Author Email: Li Yuanping (tidaylover@126.com)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20230045

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