Measurement of the mass and rigidity of adsorbates on a microcantilever sensor

Sensors

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1834-1845

  Ramos, Daniel ^a   Calleja, Montserrat ^a   Mertens, Johann ^a   Zaballos, Ángel ^b   Tamayo, Javier ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cantilever; Mass sensor; Resonance; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NANOCANTILEVERS; RESONANCE; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS;

CANTILEVER; DEPOSITED MATERIALS; EULER BERNOUILLI EQUATIONS; FLEXURAL RIGIDITIES; MASS SENSOR; MICRO CANTILEVER SENSORS; RESONANCE RESPONSE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

ADSORBATES;

EID: 34948876394     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s7091834     Document Type: Article

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