Modifying geometry to enhance the performance of microcantilever-based acoustic sensors

Sensor Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-41

  Morshed, Shakib ^a   Baldwin, Kathryn E ^a   Zhou, Bo ^a   Prorok, Barton C ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic sensor; Mass sensitivity; Microcantilever

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SENSOR; ACOUSTIC SENSORS; EFFECTIVE MASS; FREE END; FREQUENCY SHIFT; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; LASER REFLECTION METHODS; MASS SENSITIVITY; MICROCANTILEVER; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; RECTANGULAR GEOMETRY; RESONANT BEHAVIOR; SPECIFIC LOCATION; TARGET SPECIES; TRIANGULAR GEOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTICS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; NANOCANTILEVERS; POLYSTYRENES; SENSORS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 67649200346     PISSN: 1546198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sl.2009.1007     Document Type: Article

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