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Acoustic Wave Sensors: Theory, Design, & Physico-Chemical Applications (Applications of Modern Acoustics)

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Covers a wide variety of sensors with focus on analyte-film interactions for various physical/chemical absorption processes. Particularly interesting is the comparison of transients for reversible and irreversible interactions.

This work does a pretty good job of spanning both theory and practical concepts. After an introduction it gives an overview of piezoelectric theory that is covered in more (but still insufficient) detail in Colin Campbell's book, "Surface Acoustic Wave Devices". The central part of the book discusses thickness shear mode, SAW, acoustic plate mode, and flexural plate mode sensors. The remainder of the book discusses coatings and other practical issues involving actual fabrication and use of acoustic wave sensors. The book gives lots of references from appropriate literature. It does present many equations from that literature that are given without derivation. In some respects these equations are only approximate, and it is left to the reader to discover both the physical derivation and the limitations of the equations. In fairness to the authors, the subject area is vast, and any reasonably sized book will have limitations. Overall, it is the best book on the subject, being slightly more thorough than Thompson and Stone's "Surface-Launched Acoustic Wave Sensors."