Dynamic Responses of Electrically Driven Quartz Tuning Fork and qPlus Sensor: A Comprehensive Electromechanical Model for Quartz Tuning Fork [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 A quartz tuning fork and its qPlus configuration show different characteristics in their dynamic features, including peak amplitude, resonance frequency, and quality factor.
Sangmin An, Manhee Lee, Wonho Jhe
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Quartz Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Based on a Custom Quartz Tuning Fork [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 We have designed and fabricated a custom quartz tuning fork (QTF) with a reduced fundamental frequency; a larger gap between the prongs; and the best quality factor in air at atmospheric conditions ever reported, to our knowledge.
Antoine Godard +2 more
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Photoacoustics, 2022 Resonant optical power buildup inside a high finesse cavity is exploited to boost the sensitivity in quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) for CO, N2O and H2O detection, operating at a wavelength of 4.59 µm.
Jakob Hayden +2 more
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Nanopipette/Nanorod-Combined Quartz Tuning Fork–Atomic Force Microscope [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 We introduce a nanopipette/quartz tuning fork (QTF)–atomic force microscope (AFM) for nanolithography and a nanorod/QTF–AFM for nanoscratching with in situ detection of shear dynamics during performance.
Sangmin An, Wonho Jhe
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A light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy using surface mounted device quartz tuning fork [PDF]
PhotoacousticsThis paper reported on a system for the detection of trace acetylene (C2H2) gas utilizing a surface mounted device quartz tuning fork (SMD QTF) in conjunction with light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy (LITES) and provided a comparative analysis ...
Shaoqiang Bi +7 more
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Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Sensor with a Small-Gap Quartz Tuning Fork [PDF]
Sensors, 2018 A highly sensitive quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) sensor based on a custom quartz tuning fork (QTF) with a small-gap of 200 μm was demonstrated.
Yu-Fei Ma +4 more
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Improving the Lateral Resolution of Quartz Tuning Fork-Based Sensors in Liquid by Integrating Commercial AFM Tips into the Fiber End [PDF]
Sensors, 2015 The use of quartz tuning fork sensors as probes for scanning probe microscopy is growing in popularity. Working in shear mode, some methods achieve a lateral resolution comparable with that obtained with standard cantilevered probes, but only in ...
Laura Gonzalez +5 more
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Sensors, 2019 A detailed investigation of the influence of quartz tuning forks (QTFs) resonance properties on the performance of quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) exploiting QTFs as acousto-electric transducers is reported.
Lei Dong, Huadan Zheng, John Zweck
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Calibration of quartz tuning fork spring constants for non-contact atomic force microscopy: direct mechanical measurements and simulations [PDF]
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2014 Quartz tuning forks are being increasingly employed as sensors in non-contact atomic force microscopy especially in the “qPlus” design. In this study a new and easily applicable setup has been used to determine the static spring constant at several ...
Jens Falter +6 more
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Photo-Induced Force Microscopy by Using Quartz Tuning-Fork Sensor [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 We present the photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM) studies of various nano-materials by implementing a quartz tuning fork (QTF), a self-sensing sensor that does not require complex optics to detect the motion of a force probe and thus helps to ...
Junghoon Jahng +2 more
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