SPP 1857: Elektromagnetische Sensoren für Life Sciences (ESSENCE)

ESSENCE优先计划的中心思想是在电磁传感器领域建立跨学科的研究，其传感或测量原理是基于传感器的电磁场与被检测或分析的物质之间的相互作用，特别关注生命科学。感兴趣的问题可以是生物分子，细胞，组织和器官或动物或人体的其他部分在生物学和医学，以及材料，化学物质及其混合物在药理学，食品化学，农业工程，环境分析和监测。因此，微、毫米波和太赫兹波的传感器元件非常有前途，因为它们具有高性能的潜力，结合了高灵敏度、良好的穿透性和空间分辨率，以及标记和无反应的操作。

The central idea of the Priority Program ESSENCE is to establish interdisciplinary research in the field of electromagnetic sensors, whose principle of sensing or measurement is based on the interaction between the electromagnetic fields of the sensor and the matter to be detected or analyzed with a special focus in life sciences. The matter of interest could be biomolecules, cells, tissues and organs or other parts of the body of animals or humans in biology and medicine as well as materials, chemical substances and mixtures of it in pharmacology, food chemistry, agricultural engineering, environmental analysis and monitoring. Therefore, senor elements at micro-, millimeter- and THz waves are very promising because of their high-performance potential, combining a high sensitivity, good penetration and spatial resolution as well as marker- and reactionless operation.