Significant sensing performance of an all-silicon terahertz metasurface chip for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac protein

Zijian Cui; Yue Wang; Yongqiang Shi; Yongqiang Zhu; Dachi Zhang; Zhiqi Hong; Xuping Feng

doi:10.1364/PRJ.450017

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