Research progress of terahertz metamaterials in biological detection applications

DENG Xinxin; LIU Bingwei; LIU Jingbo; ZHANG Qinnan; HE Xiaoyong; LING Dongxiong; LIU Dongfeng; WEI Dongshan2

doi:10.11805/tkyda2021343

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