Acoustic surface wave

Surface acoustic wave (SAW)-type chemical sensors exploit the propagation loss of the acoustic waves along layered structures consisting of at least a substrate covered by the CIM. 

Changes produced by the measurand on the properties of the CIM can affect both the phase velocity and the propagation loss of the acoustic wave. There are examples of SAW sensors based on the measurements of the changes in the phase velocity. 

A SAW device is configured as a delay line and fed by a radio frequency signal. Any change in the velocity Av is detected as a change AT in the phase delay of the wave, thanks to a phase detector that gives a voltage proportional to the difference of phase between signal input and output. 

Applying an electric field to a piezoelectric crystal causes vibration resonation in several different ways, including flexure, lengthwise, area, radial, thickness-shear, thickness-trapped, and SAW, among others. Direction of vibration varies from one type to another. 

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The methods and means for ecological diagnostics make rapid strides among all the NDT and TD developing areas. To provide the atmosphere monitoring recently the good results were achieved in the development of surface-acoustics wave sensors (SAW), laser measuring systems, infrared detectors and systems based on other physical principles. 

Fig. 10. The rotary actuator (a) side view where SAW = surface acoustic wave and (b) view of the poled pie2oelectric ceramic ring showing poled segments and how temporal and spatial phase differences are estabUshed. Courtesy of Shinsei Kogyo Co.

A chemical microsensor can be defined as an extremely small device that detects components in gases or Hquids (52—55). Ideally, such a sensor generates a response which either varies with the nature or concentration of the material or is reversible for repeated cycles of exposure. Of the many types of microsensors that have been described (56), three are the most prominent the chemiresistor, the bulk-wave piezoelectric quartz crystal sensor, and the surface acoustic wave (saw) device (57). 

A new chemical sensor based on surface transverse device has been developed (99) (see Sensors). It resembles a surface acoustic wave sensor with the addition of a metal grating between the tranducer and a different crystal orientation. This sensor operates at 250 mH2 and is ideally suited to measurements of surface-attached mass under fluid immersion. By immohi1i2ing atra2ine to the surface of the sensor device, the detection of atra2ine in the range of 0.06 ppb to 10 ppm was demonstrated. 

Bulk and surface imprinting strategies are straightforward tools to generate artificial antibodies. Combined with transducers such as QCM (quartz crystal microbalance), SAW (surface acoustic wave resonator), IDC (interdigital capacitor) or SPR (surface plasmon resonator) they yield powerful chemical sensors for a very broad range of analytes. 

S. Kelling, S. Cerasari, H.H. Rotermund, G. Ertl, and D.A. King, A photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM) study of the effect of surface acoustic waves on catalytic CO oxidation over Pt(110), Chem. Phys. Lett. 293, 325-330 (1998). 

Aluminum nitride with a large piezoelectric coupling factor and a high surface acoustic wave velocity (5650 m/sec) (see Ch. 10). 

Zinc oxide with high surface acoustic wave velocity (see Ch. 11). 

The major piezoelectric applications are sensors (pickups, keyboards, microphones, etc.), electromechanical transducers (actuators, vibrators, etc ), signal devices, and surface acoustic wave devices (resonators, traps, filters, etc ). Typical materials are ZnO, AIN, PbTiOg, LiTaOg, and Pb(Zr.Ti)03 (PZT). 

By examining the dispersion properties of surface acoustic waves, the layer thickness and mechanical properties of layered solids can be obtained using the SAM. It can be used to analyze the wear damage progress [104], and detect the defects of thermally sprayed coatings [105]. 

By measuring V z), which includes examining the reflectance function of solid material, measuring the phase velocity and attenuation of leaky surface acoustic waves at the liquid-specimen boundary, the SAM can be used indetermining the elastic constants of the material. 

By examining the dispersion properties of surface acoustic waves, the layer thickness and mechanical properties of layered solids can be obtained using the SAM. 

A wide variety of solid-state sensors based on hydrogen-specific palladium, metal oxide semiconductor (MOS), CB, electrochemical, and surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology are used in the industry for several years. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and nanotechnology-based devices for the measurement of hydrogen are the recent developments. These developments are mainly driven by the demands of the fuel cell industry. Solid-state approaches are gaining rapid popularity within the industry due to their low cost, low maintenance, replacements, and flexibility of multiple installations with minimal labor. 

Surface Acoustic Wave and Microresonance-Based Sensors... 

Samuel, J.I., Sasikaran, Kv Kourosh, K.-Z., Adrian, T. and Wojtek, W., A layered surface acoustic Wave ZnO/LiTaOj structure with a WOs selective layer for hydrogen sensing, Sensor Letters, 1, 33, 2003. 

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) Film surface area and porosity. 

Surface Acoustic Waves (SA Ws). The basic idea of this technique is to use the dependence of the frequency and propagation of surface acoustic waves on mass loading in a film. The porous film has to be deposited on a piezoelectric substrate (quartz), which is then placed into a physisorption setup to condense nitrogen at 77 K. Adsorption and condensation of N2 result in a shift of the oscillation frequency, and thus measurements of the oscillation frequency as a function of N2 partial pressure provide an adsorption-desorption isotherm.30 Although the technique has proven to provide a concise characterization of porous films,29,30 the requirement for the deposition directly onto the SAW piezoelectric substrate represents a certain restriction. 

Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) This detector will employ surface acoustic wave technology to detect nerve and blister agents. It will also allow detection of new forms of nerve agents. 

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs), acoustic wave sensors and, 22 270 Surface-active agent(s), 12 33. See also Surfactant entries cmc values of, 24 121t general classification of, 24 144-153 nonionic, 10 665 organic esters as, 10 519 Surface-active molecules, 12 1 foaming and, 12 3... 

The model immunoassay is the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in which a non-specific capture antibody is bound to a surface, such as a multi-well plate or small tube [13]. In the basic form of ELISA, a second antibody tagged with an enzyme interacts specifically with the analyte. The enzyme assay produces a colored product that is read with a spectrophotometer. There are many variations on the basic immunoassay format that serve to increase sensitivity, specificity, linear range, and speed. Many commercial instruments have been developed to take advantage of various technologies for reporter molecules. The immunoassay may be coupled to an electronic sensor and transducer, such as a surface acoustical wave (SAW) sensor. Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) is a method in which the detector antibody is tagged with a ruthenium-containing chelate [13-15]. When the tag is... 

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