TY - JOUR
T1 - QCM coupled resonating systems under vacuum
T2 - sensitivity and characteristics
AU - Kashan, Mohammad Ali Mohammadzadeh
AU - Kalavally, Vineetha
AU - Mazumdar, Purabi
AU - Lee, Hing Wah
AU - Ramakrishnan, N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/8/15
Y1 - 2017/8/15
N2 - We present the underlying physics in the resonance frequency characteristics of a bare quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and a QCM-micro pillar based coupled resonator sensor (QCM-CRS) when they were subjected to pressure changes in a vacuum chamber. The QCMs experienced an increase in resonance frequency with decrease in pressure due to an inverse mass loading effect introduced on the QCM surface. However, when the pressure (below atmospheric pressure) dominated the mass loading, the resonance frequency of QCMs decreased. A sensitivity increase of 11 times to the pressure changes was observed for the case of QCM-CRS made of resonating micropillars attached around the central region of the electrode. In addition, the resonance frequency shift was linear for pressure changes between 31 and 71 kPa, demonstrating the possibility of employing the QCM-CRS as a vacuum detector element. The proposed sensor element is envisioned to have wide industrial applications ranging from detecting vacuum in chambers used in coating systems to crack detection in closed chambers.
AB - We present the underlying physics in the resonance frequency characteristics of a bare quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and a QCM-micro pillar based coupled resonator sensor (QCM-CRS) when they were subjected to pressure changes in a vacuum chamber. The QCMs experienced an increase in resonance frequency with decrease in pressure due to an inverse mass loading effect introduced on the QCM surface. However, when the pressure (below atmospheric pressure) dominated the mass loading, the resonance frequency of QCMs decreased. A sensitivity increase of 11 times to the pressure changes was observed for the case of QCM-CRS made of resonating micropillars attached around the central region of the electrode. In addition, the resonance frequency shift was linear for pressure changes between 31 and 71 kPa, demonstrating the possibility of employing the QCM-CRS as a vacuum detector element. The proposed sensor element is envisioned to have wide industrial applications ranging from detecting vacuum in chambers used in coating systems to crack detection in closed chambers.
KW - high aspect ratio micropillar
KW - Quartz crystal microbalance
KW - sensor
KW - system of coupled resonator
KW - vacuum
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85021830179
U2 - 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2719104
DO - 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2719104
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021830179
SN - 1558-1748
VL - 17
SP - 5044
EP - 5049
JO - IEEE Sensors Journal
JF - IEEE Sensors Journal
IS - 16
ER -