State-of-the-art terahertz sensing for food and water security – a comprehensive review

Ren, A. , Fan, D., Yang, X., Alomainy, A., Imran, M. A. and Abbasi, Q. H. (2019) State-of-the-art terahertz sensing for food and water security – a comprehensive review. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 85, pp. 241-251. (doi: 10.1016/j.tifs.2019.01.019)

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Abstract

Background: Recently, there has been a dramatic change in the field of terahertz (THz) technology. The recent advancements in the THz radiation sector considering generation, manipulation and detection have brought revolution in this field, which enable the integration of THz sensing systems into real-world. The THz technology presents detection techniques and various issues, while providing significant opportunities for sensing food and water contamination detection. Scope and approach: Many researchers around the world have exploited the potential of invaluable new applications of THz sensing ranging from surveillance, healthcare and recently for food and water contamination detection. The microbial pollution in water and food is one the crucial issues with regard to the sanitary state for drinking water and daily consumption of food. To address this risk, the detection of microbial contamination is of utmost importance, since the consumption of insanitary or unhygienic food can lead to catastrophic illness. Key findings and conclusions: This paper presents a first-time review of the open literature covering the advances in the THz sensing for microbiological contamination of food and water, in addition to state-of-the-art in network architectures, applications and recent industrial developments. With unique superiority, the THz non-destructive detection technology in food inspection and water contamination detection is emerging as a new area of study. With the great progress, some important challenges and future research directions are presented within the field.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Imran, Professor Muhammad and Ren, Dr Aifeng and Abbasi, Professor Qammer
Authors: Ren, A., Fan, D., Yang, X., Alomainy, A., Imran, M. A., and Abbasi, Q. H.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
Journal Name:Trends in Food Science and Technology
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0924-2244
ISSN (Online):1879-3053
Published Online:30 January 2019
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd.
First Published:First published in Trends in Food Science and Technology 85: 241-251
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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