Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Identifier/URL
42972935 (Pure)
Abstract
We investigate the possibility of sensing opioid drugs, such as fentanyl, by their THz electromagnetic signatures. The methods include both computer modeling and experiments. Molecular dynamics simulations predict that fentanyl should display THz resonances, with several of them occurring below 1.0 THz; the lowest one is at around 0.337 THz (337 GHz). Spectroscopy measurements were conducted on oxycodone, which was used as a surrogate for fentanyl. They display vibrational absorption resonances between ∼1.4 and 1.6 THz.
Repository Citation
Zhang, W.,
Bykhovski, A.,
& Brown, E. R.
(2022). Investigation of Thz Absorptive Signatures in Opioids. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12 (1).
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/1166
DOI
10.3390/app12010061
Comments
This work is licensed under CC BY 4.0
