Hydrocarbon sensing. Part 1: Some important aspects about sensitivity of a polymer-coated quartz crystal microbalance in the aqueous phase

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 436-443

  Pejcic, Bobby ^a   Barton, Chris ^a   Crooke, Emma ^a   Eadington, Peter ^a   Jee, Elaine ^a   Ross, Andrew ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

AFM; ATR FTIR; Hydrocarbon sensor; Polystyrene; Quartz crystal microbalance

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HYDROCARBONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTORESISTS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PLASTIC COATINGS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; QUARTZ; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THEOREM PROVING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TOLUENE;

AFM; ANALYTICAL PROPERTIES; AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES; AQUEOUS PHASE; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ATOMIC FORCES; ATR-FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCES; BEFORE AND AFTER; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FREQUENCY SHIFTS; HYDROCARBON SENSING; HYDROCARBON SENSOR; POLYMER COATINGS; POLYMER TREATMENTS; POLYSTYRENE FILMS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; SENSOR FABRICATIONS; SENSOR SENSITIVITIES; SOAKING PERIODS; WATER EXPOSURES; WATER SOAKING;

SENSORS;

EID: 57949109833     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2008.09.044     Document Type: Article

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