Multi-parameter microcantilever sensor for comprehensive characterization of Newtonian fluids

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-138

  Ghatkesar, Murali Krishna ^a   Rakhmatullina, Ekaterina ^a   Lang, Hans Peter ^a   Gerber, Christoph ^a   Hegner, Martin ^a   Braun, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Damping; Density; Microcantilever; Nanomechanical sensor; Newtonian fluid; Resonance; Rheology; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; COLLOIDS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DAMPING; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; GLYCEROL; GLYCOLS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SENSORS; SOLUTIONS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DENSITY; DENSITY EFFECTS; EIGEN FREQUENCIES; LIQUID PROPERTIES; MICRO CANTILEVERS; MICROCANTILEVER; MICROCANTILEVER SENSORS; NANOMECHANICAL SENSOR; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; REAL TIMES; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 56049098995     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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