C. Behling et al., Fast three-step method for shear moduli calculation from quartz crystal resonator measurements, IEEE ULTRAS, 46(6), 1999, pp. 1431-1438
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL
Quartz crystal resonator measurements can be used for polymer material char
acterization. The non-gravimetric regime of these resonators is exploited:
the electrical response of polymer-coated quartz resonators depends on the
polymer shear modulus. Previously reported methods employ an electrical adm
ittance analysis together with difficult and time-consuming data fitting pr
ocedures to calculate the film shear modulus, This contribution presents a
fast and accurate three-step method for the calculation of complex shear mo
duli of polymer films from quartz crystal resonator measurements. In the fi
rst step, the acoustic load impedance is calculated from the electrical adm
ittance of the quartz crystal. The key point of this method is the applicat
ion of a family of approximations for the calculation of the shear modulus
from the acoustic load impedance in the second step. In the third step, the
best approximation is improved further in an iterative procedure.