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Metasurfaces (MSs) are advanced optical devices enabling precise control of light. This review focuses on MS-based sensors for biochemical detection, exploring dielectric, metallic, and hybrid designs for enhanced sensing capabilities.

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  • Optics and Photonics
  • Nanotechnology
  • Biomedical Sensing

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  • Metasurfaces (MSs) are subwavelength engineered arrays with rapidly expanding applications.
  • Recent advances in nanofabrication have significantly improved MS performance and commercial viability.
  • MSs offer precise control over electromagnetic wave properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide an up-to-date review of metasurface-based sensors.
  • To focus on the vital topic of sensing applications within metasurfaces.
  • To present state-of-the-art knowledge on MS sensing devices.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on metasurface sensors.
  • Categorization of metasurface absorber sensor configurations.
  • Focus on biochemical sensing applications.

Main Results:

  • Identification of three primary MS absorber sensor configurations: all-dielectric, all-metallic, and hybrid.
  • Demonstration of metasurfaces' potential in various optical functions beyond sensing.
  • Highlighting the advancements enabling commercial applications of MS technology.

Conclusions:

  • Metasurface absorber sensors offer promising platforms for biochemical detection.
  • The presented configurations (all-dielectric, all-metallic, hybrid) represent the current state-of-the-art.
  • This review consolidates knowledge for future development in MS-based sensing devices.