According to the latest issue of the American Chemical Society journal "ACSNano", researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) successfully detected the coronavirus 2 in the laboratory using graphene. The researchers said that this discovery may be a breakthrough in the field of coronavirus detection, which is expected to quickly detect the new coronavirus and its mutant strains.

    The researchers found that the vibration of the antibody-coupled graphene sheet changed when exposed to a positive sample of the coronavirus 2, but there was no change when exposed to a negative sample of the coronavirus 2 or other coronaviruses. With the help of a Raman spectrometer, the researchers measured the vibration change within 5 minutes.

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