Overview of quartz crystal microbalance behavior analysis and measurement

S Na Songkhla, T Nakamoto - Chemosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) is one of the many acoustic transducers. It is the most
popular and widely used acoustic transducer for sensor applications. It has found wide …

A droplet-based micropillar-enhanced acoustic wave (μPAW) device for viscosity measurement

IC Esfahani, H Sun - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
Viscosity monitoring has recently received significant attention in various fields such as
pharmacy, oil industry, food industry, and medical diagnostics. Given that the commercially …

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 …

QCM measurements of RH with nanostructured carbon-based materials: Part 1—Theory and model

A Fort, A Lo Grasso, M Mugnaini, E Panzardi, V Vignoli - Chemosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this series of two papers, the humidity sensing of a carbon nanotube's (CNTs) network-
based material is studied through quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensors. To this aim …

A contact resonance viscometer based on the electromechanical impedance of a piezoelectric cantilever

G Wang, C Tan, F Li - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, we proposed a self-sensing contact resonance viscometer based on the
electromechanical impedance of a piezoelectric bimorph cantilever whose free end is …

Viscosity measurement sensor: A prototype for a novel medical diagnostic method based on quartz crystal resonator

A Miranda-Martínez, MX Rivera-González, M Zeinoun… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Viscosity variation in human fluids, such as Synovial Fluid (SF) or Cerebrospinal Fluid
(CSF), can be used as a diagnostic factor; however, the sample volume obtained for …

Portable quartz crystal resonator sensor for characterising the gelation kinetics and viscoelastic properties of hydrogels

A Miranda-Martinez, H Yan, V Silveira… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogel biomaterials have found use in various biomedical applications partly due to their
biocompatibility and tuneable viscoelastic properties. The ideal rheological properties of …

Label-free protein detection by micro-acoustic biosensor coupled with electrical field sorting. Theoretical study in urine models

N Mukhin, G Konoplev, A Oseev, MP Schmidt… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diagnostic devices for point-of-care (POC) urine analysis (urinalysis) based on microfluidic
technology have been actively develo** for several decades as an alternative to …

An online viscosity measurement method based on the electromechanical impedance of a piezoelectric torsional transducer

G Wang, F Li - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we proposed an online viscosity measurement method based on the
electromechanical impedance (EMI) of a piezoelectric torsional transducer. During testing …

Quartz crystal microbalance for viscosity measurement with temperature self-compensation

S Yenuganti, C Zhang, H Zhang - Mechatronics, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents the design, fabrication, and experimental demonstration of a portable
viscosity measurement system using an AT-cut quartz crystal resonator with a temperature …