Piezoelectric cantilever sensors with asymmetric anchor exhibit picogram sensitivity in liquids

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Sharma, Harsh ^a   Lakshmanan, Ramji S ^a   Johnson, Blake N ^a   Mutharasan, Raj ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; In liquid; Mass change sensitivity; Resonant frequency

Indexed keywords

BENDING MODES; DENSITY CHANGE; DODECANETHIOLS; FLOW APPARATUS; IN-LIQUID; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; MASS-CHANGE SENSITIVITY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PIEZOELECTRIC CANTILEVERS; PZT; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; RESONANT MODE; SELF-EXCITING; SELF-SENSING;

CHEMISORPTION; LIQUIDS; NANOCANTILEVERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 79952488583     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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