Multiresonant Membrane Metasurfaces for Multifunctional Fingerprint Recognition and Real-time Biochemical Tracking

TL;DR

This paper introduces multiresonant membrane metasurfaces capable of simultaneous molecular fingerprint retrieval and real-time biochemical reaction monitoring, enhancing spectral selectivity and dynamic sensing in a single platform.

Contribution

The authors develop a multiresonant metasurface design supporting multiple quasi-bound states, enabling concurrent static and dynamic biochemical sensing within a single pixel.

Findings

Successfully detected dual fingerprint features of pefloxacin at 0.78 THz and 0.99 THz.

Achieved real-time tracking of vitamin C oxidation and denaturation.

Kinetic profiles matched nonlinear reaction models, demonstrating quantitative monitoring.

Abstract

Label-free identification and real-time tracking of biochemical substances became critical for molecular diagnostics and chemical analysis, yet conventional resonant terahertz metasurface sensing relies on a single resonance, limiting spectral selectivity and dynamic capability. Here, we suggest multiresonant membrane metasurfaces and implement them for simultaneous static molecular fingerprint retrieval and dynamic reaction monitoring within a single pixel. We consider a membrane metasurface supporting multiple quasi-bound states in the continuum designed at target frequencies and enabling the tailoring of the field enhancement and frequency-selective interaction with target analytes. As a proof-of-concept, we achieve label-free detection of the dual fingerprint absorption features of pefloxacin at 0.78 THz and 0.99 THz, and real-time tracking of vitamin C oxidation and denaturation under ambient conditions. The kinetic profiles extracted from the THz amplitude evolution show excellent agreement with nonlinear reaction models, demonstrating quantitative biochemical tracking capabilities. Our results establish a versatile and scalable THz photonic platform that unifies static fingerprint identification and dynamic reaction monitoring, paving the way toward integrated on-chip biochemical analytics and multifunctional metasurface sensors.