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Newly-Developed Nanostructured Microcantilever Arrays For Gas-Phase And Liquid-Phase Sensing, Zhou Long
Newly-Developed Nanostructured Microcantilever Arrays For Gas-Phase And Liquid-Phase Sensing, Zhou Long
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The microcantilever (MC) has become a common transducer for chemical and biological sensing in gas phase and liquid phase during recent years. MC sensors provide superior mass sensitivity by converting weak chemical and biological stimuli into high mechanical response. Moreover, other advantages such as small size, low cost and array format have made MCs more attractive than other comparable sensors.
Selectivity in MC sensors can be enhanced by creating a differentially functionalized MC array (MCA) with responsive phases (RPs). A well-designed array should incorporate RPs exhibiting a variety of possible interactions with the analytes, and a specific analyte should induce …