Novel microwave microfluidic sensor using a microstrip split-ring resonator

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 679-688

  Abduljabar, Ali A ^a,b   Rowe, David J ^b,c   Porch, Adrian ^b   Barrow, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liquid dielectric sensor; microfluidic sensor; split ring resonator

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS; RING GAGES;

DOUBLE SPLIT RINGS; LIQUID DIELECTRICS; MEASURED RESULTS; MICRO-FLUIDIC SENSORS; MICROSTRIP SPLIT-RING RESONATORS; PERTURBATION THEORY; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SPLIT-RING RESONATOR;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

EID: 84898600671     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2014.2300066     Document Type: Article

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