Quartz crystal microbalance: A new design eliminates sensitivity outside the electrodes, often wrongly attributed to the electric fringing field

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2407-2412

  Cumpson, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031482569     PISSN: 07342101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.580755     Document Type: Article

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