How to engineer superhydrophobic micromechanical sensors preserving mass resolution

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 199, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-69

  Borin, Daniele ^a,b   Melli, Mauro ^a,e   Dal Zilio, Simone ^a   Toffoli, Valeria ^a,b   Scoles, Giacinto ^c   Toffoli, Giuseppe ^d   Lazzarino, Marco ^a  

^a IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diluted plasma; DNA immobilization; Micropillars resonators; Quality factor; Static contact angle; Superhydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; RESONATORS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

DILUTED PLASMA; DNA IMMOBILIZATION; MICRO-PILLARS; QUALITY FACTORS; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE;

SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84899631581     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.02.108     Document Type: Article

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