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Quartz Crystal Microbalance a Powerful Technique for Nanogram Mass Sensing

Eurasian Journal of Science and Engineering, 2022
A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) is an acoustic transducer that sends an electronic signal when a mass change is detected on the sensor surface of an oscillating quartz-crystal resonator.
Sivar Aziz Baiz, Payam Najmaddin, Azeez A. Barzinjy   +2 more
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Quartz Crystal Microbalance Electronic Interfacing Systems: A Review

Sensors, 2017
Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) sensors are actively being implemented in various fields due to their compatibility with different operating conditions in gaseous/liquid mediums for a wide range of measurements.
Abdulrahman Alassi, Mohieddine Benammar, Dan Brett   +2 more
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A Novel Biosensor for the Early Detection of Aethina tumida via Kodamaea ohmeri in Honeybee Colonies [PDF]

Insects
Aethina tumida, commonly known as the small hive beetle, poses a threat to honeybee populations, particularly Apis mellifera, across several European regions.
Paola Ghisellini, Patrizia Garbati, Marco Pietropaoli, Antonella Cersini, Gabriele Pietrella, Cristina Rando, Luca Giacomelli, Stefano Ottoboni, Giovanni Formato, Roberto Eggenhöffner   +9 more
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Quartz crystal microbalance and atomic force microscopy to characterize mimetic systems based on supported lipids bilayer

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022
Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) with dissipation and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) are two characterization techniques that allow describing processes taking place at solid-liquid interfaces.
Noel F. Bonet, Daniel G. Cava, Marisela Vélez   +2 more
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Volatility of molten salts [Ph4P][NTf2] and Cs[NTf2]

ChemistryOpen, 2021
The two ionic compounds [Ph4P][NTf2] and Cs[NTf2] were qualified to be suitable liquid materials for different high temperature applications. Development and optimization of these application techniques require knowledge of the thermodynamic properties ...
Dr. Dzmitry H. Zaitsau, Dr. Mikhail Gantman, Dr. Peter Schulz, Prof. Dr. Peter Wasserscheid, Prof. Dr. Sergey P. Verevkin   +4 more
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Corrosion Monitoring in Atmospheric Conditions: A Review

Metals, 2022
A variety of techniques are available for monitoring metal corrosion in electrolytes. However, only some of them can be applied in the atmosphere, in which case a thin discontinuous electrolyte film forms on a surface.
Kateryna Popova, Tomáš Prošek
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Charge Storage Mechanism of Li_xWO₃ Hexagonal Tungsten Bronze in Aqueous Electrolytes

Batteries, 2023
The electrochemical behavior of the lithium hexagonal tungsten bronze, LixWO3, is investigated herein. The material was synthesized at a low temperature under hydrothermal conditions, yielding nanorod-like particles with growth along the c-axis.
Julio César Espinosa-Angeles, Eric Quarez, Louis-Béni Mvele Eyé’a, Camille Douard, Antonella Iadecola, Hui Shao, Pierre-Louis Taberna, Patrice Simon, Olivier Crosnier, Thierry Brousse   +9 more
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Low-Cost QCM Sensor System for Screening Semen Samples [PDF]

, 2010
Artificial insemination is a well-established part of modern agricultural practice. A viable semen sample is judged by the total number of spermatozoa (sperm) in the sample and the motility of the sperm.
Atherton, Shaun, Evans, Carl, Hughes, David, McHale, Glen, Morris, Robert, Newton, Michael, Stanley, Simon   +6 more
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Thiol-Based Probe Linker with Antifouling Properties for Aptasensor Development

Chemosensors, 2022
Surfaces with antifouling properties are critical for optimizing biosensors to improve the selectivity and specificity of analyte detection in complex biological samples.
Sandro Spagnolo, Katharina Davoudian, Soha Ahmadi, Edmund Chan, Tibor Hianik, Michael Thompson   +5 more
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Molecular Liquids versus Ionic Liquids: The Interplay between Inter-Molecular and Intra-Molecular Hydrogen Bonding as Seen by Vaporisation Thermodynamics

Molecules, 2023
In this study, we determined the enthalpies of vaporisation for a suitable set of molecular and ionic liquids using modern techniques for vapour pressure measurements, such as the quartz crystal microbalance, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and gas ...
Sergey P. Verevkin, Dzmitry H. Zaitsau, Ralf Ludwig   +2 more
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