Analysis of Resonating Microcantilevers Operating in a Viscous Liquid Environment

Authors

Cyril Vančura, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
Isabelle Dufour, Université Bordeaux 1Follow
Stephen M. Heinrich, Marquette UniversityFollow
Fabien Josse, Marquette UniversityFollow
Andreas Hierlemann, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

9 p.

Publication Date

1-2008

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical

Source ISSN

0924-4247

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.07.010

Abstract

The characteristics of resonant cantilevers in viscous liquids are analyzed. Various rectangular cantilevers geometries are studied in pure water, glycerol and ethanol solutions of different concentrations, and the results are described in terms of the added displaced liquid mass and the liquid damping force for both, the resonance frequency and the quality factor (Q-factor). Experimental results using a set of magnetically actuated resonant cantilevers vibrating in the out-of-plane (“weak-axis bending”) mode are presented and compared to theoretical calculations. The importance of the study is in the use of resonant cantilevers as biochemical sensors in liquid environments.

Comments

Accepted version. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 141, No. 1 (January 2008): 43-51. DOI. © 2008 Elsevier. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Vančura, Cyril; Dufour, Isabelle; Heinrich, Stephen M.; Josse, Fabien; and Hierlemann, Andreas, "Analysis of Resonating Microcantilevers Operating in a Viscous Liquid Environment" (2008). Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research and Publications. 75.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/civengin_fac/75