Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are the guided waves that propagate along the top surface
of a material with wave vectors orthogonal to the normal direction to the surface. Based on …

Recently, piezoelectric thin films including zinc oxide (ZnO) and aluminium nitride (AlN)
have found a broad range of lab-on-chip applications such as biosensing, particle/cell …

SPR is a real-time, label-free measurement of binding kinetics and affinity. Success of SPR
biosensor is evident by the growing number of commercially available instruments. In the …

This article reviews optical biosensors and their integration with microfluidic channels. The
integrated biosensors have the advantages of higher accuracy and sensitivity because they …

The unprecedented medical achievements of the last century have dramatically improved
our quality of life. Today, the high cost of many healthcare approaches challenges their long …

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are electro-mechanical waves that form on the surface of
piezoelectric crystals. Because they are easy to construct and operate, SAW devices have …

In the past several decades, acoustic wave biosensors, as an emerging kind of biosensors,
have been developed and widely used for the detection of mass, viscosity, conductivity and …

Resistive ZnO sensors play a pivotal role in detecting various gases and vapours due to
their high response, low cost, stability, tunability, and simple fabrication. The sensitivity is …

Bacteria can attach to essentially all materials and form multicellular biofilms with high-level
tolerance to antimicrobials. Detrimental biofilms are responsible for a variety of problems …

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices have gained popularity for use in various industrial
applications due to their compactness, ease of fabrication, low cost, high sensitivity, stability …