Piezoelectric Sensors (Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors Book 5)

Chemically and biologically functionalized piezoelectric sensors are attractive alternatives to surface-sensitive transducers due to their surpassing versatility. The fourth volume of the Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors includes a comprehensive theoretical treatment and current state-of-the art applications of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Interface circuits and the study of viscoelasticity and micromechanics as well as surface roughness with the QCM are discussed. The broad field of analytical applications of piezoelectric sensors is covered, which ranges from nucleic acid detection, immunosensors, protein-membrane interactions and monitoring cells by imprinted polymers to the viscoelastic response of living mammalian cells on QCM-resonators. Sophisticated derivatives of the classical QCM, such as rupture event scanning, the use of extraordinary high frequency crystals, and electrochemical QCM, clearly reveal the advantages of combining multiple techniques to realize new detection schemes on the basis of piezoelectric resonators. Front Matter....Pages I-XII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Interface Circuits for QCM Sensors....Pages 3-47 Studies of Viscoelasticity with the QCM....Pages 49-109 Probing the Solid/Liquid Interface with the Quartz Crystal Microbalance....Pages 111-149 Studies of Contact Mechanics with the QCM....Pages 151-170 Front Matter....Pages 171-171 Imprinted Polymers in Chemical Recognition for Mass-Sensitive Devices....Pages 173-210 Analytical Applications of QCM-based Nucleic Acid Biosensors....Pages 211-235 Piezoelectric Immunosensors....Pages 237-280 Specific Adsorption of Annexin A1 on Solid Supported Membranes: A Model Study....Pages 281-302 The Quartz Crystal Microbalance in Cell Biology: Basics and Applications....Pages 303-338 Front Matter....Pages 339-339 Enzyme Reactions on a 27 MHz Quartz Crystal Microbalance....Pages 341-369 The Quartz Crystal Microbalance and the Electrochemical QCM: Applications to Studies of Thin Polymer Films, Electron Transfer Systems, Biological Macromolecules, Biosensors, and Cells....Pages 371-424 The QCM-D Technique for Probing Biomacromolecular Recognition Reactions....Pages 425-447 Resonant Acoustic Profiling (RAPTM) and Rupture Event Scanning (REVSTM)....Pages 449-479 Back Matter....Pages 481-483

this Volume Includes A Comprehensive Theoretical Treatment And Current State-of-the Art Applications Of The Quartz Crystal Microbalance (qcm). It Discusses Interface Circuits And The Study Of Viscoelasticity And Micromechanics As Well As Surface Roughness With The Qcm. Coverage Also Details The Broad Field Of Analytical Applications Of Piezoelectric Sensors.

Chemically and biologically functionalized piezoelectric sensors are attractive alternatives to surface-sensitive transducers due to their surpassing versatility. Part of the "Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors", this volume includes a comprehensive theoretical treatment and applications of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM)