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 …

There is an indispensable need for fluid flow rate and direction sensors in various medical,
industrial and environmental applications. Besides the critical demands on sensing range of …

Infectious diseases are the ever-present threats to public health and the global economy.
Accurate and timely diagnosis is crucial to impede the progression of a disease and break …

The ability to detect pathogenic and physiologically relevant molecules in the body with high
sensitivity and specificity offers a powerful opportunity in the early diagnosis and treatment of …

As the field of robotics is expanding from the fixed environment of a production line to
complex human environments, robots are required to perform increasingly human-like …

If we date the birth of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) to Günter Sauerbrey's paper
from 1959 [1] the QCM is now more than 50-years old. Its use in vacuum is routine to the …

In this paper, we review the utilization of surface acoustic waves in biosensing applications.
A brief background on the theoretical aspects and on the modeling principles for acoustic …

Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) has been proven to be a
powerful research tool to investigate in situ interactions between nanoparticles and different …

Numerical and experimental study of heat and mass transfer processes in rotarypulsation
apparatus for the preparation of liquid grain feed has been carried out. The basic hydraulic …

We survey the state of the art in a variety of force sensors for designing and application of
robotic hand. Most of the force sensors are examined based on tactile sensing. For a …