Gas sensors based on mass-sensitive transducers part 1: transducers and receptors—basic understanding

A Oprea, U Weimar - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2019 - Springer
The scientific interest in gas sensors is continuously increasing because of their
environmental, medical, industrial, and domestic applications. This has resulted in an …

Exceptional point enhances sensitivity of optomechanical mass sensors

P Djorwe, Y Pennec, B Djafari-Rouhani - Physical Review Applied, 2019 - APS
We propose an efficient optomechanical mass sensor operating at exceptional points (EPs),
non-Hermitian degeneracies where eigenvalues of a system and their corresponding …

Humidity sensors based on AlN microcantilevers excited at high-order resonant modes and sensing layers of uniform graphene oxide

X Le, L Peng, J Pang, Z Xu, C Gao, J Xie - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Resonant humidity sensors base on interdigital transducers (IDTs) excited microcantilevers
are proposed for high sensitivity. The microcantilevers are coated with uniform graphene …

Effect of wetting states on frequency response of a micropillar-based quartz crystal microbalance

J Su, H Esmaeilzadeh, P Wang, S Ji, M Inalpolat… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2019 - Elsevier
A new acoustic wave resonance device induced by coupling micropillars with a quartz
crystal microbalance (QCM-P) was developed for potential use in a wide range of …

In situ lysis droplet supply to efficiently extract ATP from dust particles for near-real-time bioaerosol monitoring

HR Kim, S An, J Hwang, JH Park, JH Byeon - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Simultaneous improvement in detection speed and reliability is critical for bioaerosol
monitoring. Recent rapid detection strategies exhibit difficulties with misinterpretation due to …

Hydrogel Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) Resonators: Beyond Cost‐Effective Sensing Platform

Y Yoon, I Chae, T Thundat, J Lee - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical resonators have been used for various applications including timing references,
filters, accelerometers, and inertial sensors. Mostly, silicon‐based materials have been …

Size effects in vibrating silicon crystal microbeams

AR Hadjesfandiari, EP Furlani… - Journal of …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
The vibrations of ultrathin silicon cantilever microbeams are studied using consistent couple-
stress theory to investigate size-dependent effects. The corresponding Euler-Bernoulli beam …

Design and Development of a Disposable Lab-on-a-Chip for Prostate Cancer Detection

MH Farazmand, R Rodrigues… - 2019 41st Annual …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have designed and fabricated a low-cost modular electrical and fluidic integration
platform for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based biosensors, paving the way for …

An ALN resonant microcantilever humidity sensor by activating specific sets of top electrodes based on graphene oxide

D Li, X Le, J Pang, J Xie - 2019 20th International Conference …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The piezoelectric resonant cantilever device is one of the most promising real-time sensing
platform. This paper presents an AlN microcantilever humidity sensor based on graphene …

Mechanical rotation via optical pumping of paramagnetic impurities

PR Zangara, A Wood, MW Doherty, CA Meriles - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Hybrid quantum systems exhibiting coupled optical, spin, and mechanical degrees of
freedom can serve as a platform for sensing, or as a bus to mediate interactions between …