A Microwave and microfluidic planar resonator for efficient and accurate complex permittivity characterization of aqueous solutions

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 972-978

  Chretiennot, Thomas ^a   Dubuc, David ^a   Grenier, Katia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

microfluidics; microwave sensors; Permittivity measurement; planar resonators

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; IMAGINARY PARTS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MAXIMUM RELATIVE ERRORS; MICROFABRICATED SENSORS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; PLANAR RESONATORS; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ETHANOL; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE SENSORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SOLUTIONS; VOLUME FRACTION;

MICROWAVE RESONATORS;

EID: 84873409279     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2012.2231877     Document Type: Article

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