Sensing characteristics of high-frequency shear mode resonators in glycerol solutions

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 372-378

  Link, Mathias ^a,b   Weber, Jan ^a   Schreiter, Matthias ^a   Wersing, Wolfram ^a   Elmazria, Omar ^b   Alnot, Patrick ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Film bulk acoustic resonators (FBAR); Sensing in liquids; Shear mode; Viscosity; ZnO

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; GLYCEROL; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; SENSORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); VISCOSITY; ZINC OXIDE;

FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATORS (FBAR); SENSING IN LIQUIDS; SHEAR MODE;

RESONATORS;

EID: 33846579142     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.03.055     Document Type: Article

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