Sensitivity, noise, and Resolution in QCM sensors in liquid media

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1251-1256

  Rodríguez Pardo, Loreto ^a,b   Rodríguez, José Fariña ^a,b   Gabrielli, Claude ^c,e,f,g,h   Perrot, Hubert ^c   Brendel, Remi ^d  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY   (France)

^f International Society of Electrochemistry   (France)

^g Electrochemical Society ^*  (France)

^h Sociètè Française de Chimie   (France)

Author keywords

Electronic oscillator; Frequency stability; Mass sensitivity; Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM); Resolution

Indexed keywords

MASS SENSITIVITY; QUARTZ-CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCM); RESOLUTION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CRYSTALS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); QUARTZ; RESONATORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 29044440700     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.859257     Document Type: Article

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