High and flat spectral responsivity of quartz tuning fork used as infrared photodetector in tunable diode laser spectroscopy

T Wei, A Zifarelli, S Dello Russo, H Wu… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Infrared laser technology over the last decades has led to an increasing demand for optical
detectors with high sensitivity and a wide operative spectral range suitable for spectroscopic …

PVDF ultrasonic sensors for in-air applications: a review

SA Pullano, CD Critello, MG Bianco… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a material with ferroelectric characteristics, is still extremely
topical for the manufacturing of transducers, and different examples, some of which have …

Highly sensitive and reversible MXene-based micro quartz tuning fork gas sensors with tunable selectivity

W Ding, J Yu, F Tsow, LR Jaishi, BS Lamsal… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2024 - nature.com
Due to their distinctive morphology, significant surface-to-volume ratio, and metal-like
electrical conductivity, MXenes have emerged as highly promising gas-sensing materials …

Dam** mechanisms of piezoelectric quartz tuning forks employed in photoacoustic spectroscopy for trace gas sensing

M Giglio, G Menduni, P Patimisco… - … status solidi (a), 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A study of the dependence of main loss mechanisms on the geometry of piezoelectric quartz
tuning forks (QTFs) is reported. The influence of these loss mechanisms on the quality factor …

[HTML][HTML] Stroboscopic sampling moiré microscope (SSMM) for investigating full field in-plane vibration of MEMS mechanical transducers

M Yadi, T Uenohara, Y Mizutani, Y Morimoto… - Precision …, 2025 - Elsevier
Precise analysis of the full-field in-plane vibration of microelectromechanical system (MEMS)
transducers is crucial for assessing their device functionality and performance. As an …

Spider silk-improved quartz-enhanced conductance spectroscopy for medical mask humidity sensing

L Lin, Y Zhong, H Lin, C Wang, Z Yang, Q Wu, D Zhang… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spider silk is one of the hottest biomaterials researched currently, due to its excellent
mechanical properties. This work reports a novel humidity sensing platform based on a …

Five-axis bimorph monolithic nanopositioning stage: Design, modeling, and characterization

M Omidbeike, SI Moore, YK Yong… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2021 - Elsevier
The article describes the design and modeling of a five-axis monolithic nanopositioning
stage constructed from a bimorph piezoelectric sheet. Six-axis motion is also possible but …

Dynamic responses of electrically driven quartz tuning fork and qPlus sensor: A comprehensive electromechanical model for quartz tuning fork

M Lee, B Kim, S An, W Jhe - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
A quartz tuning fork and its qPlus configuration show different characteristics in their
dynamic features, including peak amplitude, resonance frequency, and quality factor. Here …

Equivalent Electromechanical Model for Quartz Tuning Fork Used in Atomic Force Microscopy

R Lin, J Qian, Y Li, P Cheng, C Wang, L Li, X Gao… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Quartz tuning forks (QTFs) are self-sensing and possess a high quality factor, allowing them
to be used as probes for atomic force microscopes (AFMs) for which they offer nano-scale …

Determination of the static spring constant of electrically-driven quartz tuning forks with two freely oscillating prongs

L González, R Oria, L Botaya, M Puig-Vidal… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Quartz tuning forks have become popular in nanotechnology applications, especially as
sensors for scanning probe microscopy. The sensor's spring constant and the oscillation …