Terahertz technologies

Terahertz sensing in biology and medicine

LOB, École polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France

^* e-mail: guilhem.gallot@polytechnique.edu

Abstract

Terahertz radiation offers new contrasts with biological systems, without markers or staining, at the molecular, cellular or tissue level. Thanks to technological advances, it is increasingly emerging as a solution of choice for directly probing the interaction with molecules and biological solutions. Applications range from dynamics of biological molecules to imaging of cancerous tissues, including ion, protein and membrane sensors.