Detection and removal of droplets on non-piezoelectric substrates via mode conversion of lamb waves

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 304-308

  Schmitt, Martin ^a   Stich, Sebastian ^a   Fromm, Sina ^a   Fischer, Florian ^a   Lindner, Gerhard ^a  

^a Robotics Research Lab   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAY LINE; EXCITATION VOLTAGE; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; LAMB WAVE; LIQUID DROPLETS; LIQUID VOLUME; MACROSCOPIC DIMENSIONS; MODE CONVERSIONS; OPERATION MODE; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC INTER-DIGITAL TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRIC SUBSTRATES;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; DROP FORMATION; ELASTIC WAVES; EXCITED STATES; GLASS; GLYCEROL; LIQUIDS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORS; SUBSTRATES; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79951867577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2010.5689878     Document Type: Conference Paper

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