Mass-change sensitivity of piezoelectric-excited millimeter-sized cantilever (PEMC) sensors: Model and experiments

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-148

  Maraldo, David ^a   Mutharasan, Raj ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Resonance frequency; Sensitivity; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; PIEZOELECTRIC EXCITED MILLIMETER-SIZED CANTILEVER SENSORS (PEMC);

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 43749093020     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.01.045     Document Type: Article

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