A fast method for monitoring the shifts in resonance frequency and dissipation of the QCM sensors of a Monolithic array in biosensing applications
[EN] Improvement of data acquisition rate remains as an important challenge in applications with Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) technology where high throughput is required. To address this challenge, we developed a fast method capable of measuring the response of a large number of sensors and/or...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/161161 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/161161 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biosensor Fast acquisition Monolithic Quartz Crystal Microbalance (MQCM) Multiple overtones Sensor array devices TECNOLOGIA ELECTRONICA |
| Sumario: | [EN] Improvement of data acquisition rate remains as an important challenge in applications with Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) technology where high throughput is required. To address this challenge, we developed a fast method capable of measuring the response of a large number of sensors and/or overtones, with a high time resolution. Our method, which can be implemented in a low-cost readout electronic circuit, is based on the estimation of fr (frequency shift) and D (dissipation shift) from measurements of the sensor response obtained at a single driving frequency. By replacing slow fitting procedures with a direct calculation, the time resolution is only limited by the physical characteristics of the sensor (resonance frequency and quality factor), but not by the method itself. Capabilities of the method are demonstrated by monitoring multiple overtones with a single 5 MHz sensor and a Monolithic QCM array comprising 24 50MHz-sensors. Accuracy of the method is validated and compared with the state-of-the-art, as well as with a reference method based on impedance analysis. |
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