A comprehensive review on MEMS-based viscometers

P Singh, K Sharma, I Puchades, PB Agarwal - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Viscosity is an important rheological parameter, which needs to be measured accurately in
various industrial applications to improve the quality of the product. Micro-electro …

Micromachined Mechanical Resonant Sensors: From Materials, Structural Designs to Applications

T Dinh, M Rais‐Zadeh, T Nguyen… - Advanced Materials …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Driving a micro and nanomechanical structure to resonance and observing its resonant
motion in the physical world have led to numerous fundamental discoveries in physics …

A tip-coupled, two-cantilever, non-resonant microsystem for direct measurement of liquid viscosity

S Tiwari, A Dangi, R Pratap - Microsystems & nanoengineering, 2023‏ - nature.com
We report a non-resonant piezoelectric microelectromechanical cantilever system for the
measurement of liquid viscosity. The system consists of two PiezoMEMS cantilevers in-line …

Intelligent sensors for sustainable food and drink manufacturing

NJ Watson, AL Bowler, A Rady, OJ Fisher… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Food and drink is the largest manufacturing sector worldwide and has significant
environmental impact in terms of resource use, emissions, and waste. However, food and …

A new method for designing piezo transducers with connected two-phase electrode

A Donoso, E Aranda, D Ruiz - Computers & Structures, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a new method for designing piezoelectric transducers with
connected two-phase electrode. The electrode design problem is formulated as an …

[HTML][HTML] Study on the real-time variation laws and mechanism of oil sample viscosity during ultrasonic irradiation

J Gao, X Shen, X Mo, P Wu, C Li, W Lin… - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2023‏ - Elsevier
It is rather significant to reveal the real-time variation of oil sample viscosity during ultrasonic
irradiation to research the mechanism of viscosity change. In this paper, we first simulate the …

Piezoelectric-AlN resonators at two-dimensional flexural modes for the density and viscosity decoupled determination of liquids

L Huang, W Li, G Luo, D Lu, L Zhao, P Yang… - Microsystems & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
A micromachined resonator immersed in liquid provides valuable resonance parameters for
determining the fluidic parameters. However, the liquid operating environment poses a …

Piezoelectric MEMS resonators for cigarette particle detection

J Toledo, V Ruiz-Díez, M Bertke, H Suryo Wasisto… - Micromachines, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
In this work, we demonstrate the potential of a piezoelectric resonator for develo** a low-
cost sensor system to detect microscopic particles in real-time, which can be present in a …

Predicting alcohol concentration during beer fermentation using ultrasonic measurements and machine learning

A Bowler, J Escrig, M Pound, N Watson - Fermentation, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Beer fermentation is typically monitored by periodic sampling and off-line analysis. In-line
sensors would remove the need for time-consuming manual operation and provide real-time …

In-line micro-spectrometer with a structural color polymer filter for the color and concentration monitoring system

S Nishita, H Onoe - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Monitoring systems for color and concentration of liquids have an important role in improving
the fabrication process stably, not only in pipelines but also in microchannels. Our …