Spectroscopic Sensing of Opioids in the THz Region

Authors

W. D. Zhang, Wright State University - Main CampusFollow
A. Bykhovski
L. S. Himed, Wright State University - Main Campus
E. R. Brown, Wright State University - Main CampusFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

7-1-2019

Abstract

We present a study of the THz electromagnetic signatures of a few opioid drugs by computer modeling and experiments. Oxycodone and Vicodin display vibrational absorption resonances between ~1.4 and 1.6 THz. Molecular dynamics simulations predict that fentanyl should also display THz resonances with several of them occurring below 1.0 THz.

Repository Citation

Zhang, W., Bykhovski, A., Himed, L., & Brown, E. (2019). Spectroscopic Sensing of Opioids in the THz Region. Proceedings of the IEEE National Aerospace Electronics Conference, NAECON, 724-727.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/1067

DOI

10.1109/NAECON46414.2019.9058129