Mercury Sorption and Desorption on Gold: A Comparative Analysis of Surface Acoustic Wave and Quartz Crystal Microbalance-Based Sensors

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 8519-8529

  Kabir, K M Mohibul ^a   Sabri, Ylias M ^a   Kandjani, Ahmad Esmaielzadeh ^a   Matthews, Glenn I ^a   Field, Matthew ^a   Jones, Lathe A ^a   Nafady, Ayman ^b,c   Ippolito, Samuel J ^a   Bhargava, Suresh K ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; DESORPTION; EFFLUENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GOLD; MERCURY (METAL); QUARTZ; SORPTION; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SENSORS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; RESPONSE MAGNITUDE; SORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS;

QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES;

GOLD; MERCURY;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; SOUND; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; GOLD; MERCURY; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE TECHNIQUES; SOUND; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84938633640     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01858     Document Type: Article

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