Development and application of mass sensors based on flexural resonances in alumina beams

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 601-608

  Ferrari, Vittorio ^a   Marioli, Daniele ^a   Taroni, Andrea ^a   Ranucci, Elisabetta ^a   Ferruti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELASTIC WAVES; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ORGANIC COATINGS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OSCILLATIONS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCREEN PRINTING; THICK FILMS;

AIR RELATIVE HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT; ALUMINA BEAMS; ELECTRONIC FEEDBACK LOOP; FLEXURAL RESONANCES; GRAVIMETRIC CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC COATINGS; MASS SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0030196013     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.503720     Document Type: Article

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