Title :
Cell Investigation by Terahertz BioMEMS
Author :
Treizebré, A. ; Bocquet, B. ; Legrand, D. ; Mazurier, J.
Author_Institution :
DHS Dpt., Lille Univ.
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
Quite recently, it was found that metal wires can effectively guide terahertz radiation. We report in this communication an original planar excitation of surface wave on a single wire transmission line. This configuration is well suited for the design of THz BioMEMS dedicated to cell investigation. We show that we can deal with a micrometer spatial resolution
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biological techniques; cellular biophysics; submillimetre wave devices; cell investigation; metal wires; micrometer spatial resolution; single wire transmission line; surface wave excitation; terahertz bioMEMS; Biomembranes; Cells (biology); Detectors; Electromagnetic waveguides; Microfluidics; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Proteins; Wire; Biological micro-electromechanical systems (BioMEMS); Goubau-Line (G-Line); Terahertz (THz); coplanar waveguide (CPW) transition; living cells;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260772
