The Molecule “Scanner": World’s Smallest Terahertz Detector Invented, University of Pittsburgh Study

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Molecules could soon be “scanned” in a fashion similar to imaging screenings at airports, thanks to a detector developed by University of Pittsburgh physicists. The detector, featured in a recent issue of Nano Letters, may have the ability to chemically identify single molecules using terahertz radiation -- a range of light far below what the eye can detect.

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