Liquid-Phase Sensors Based on Acoustic Plate Mode Devices - ACS

Chapter 13

Liquid-Phase Sensors Based on Acoustic Plate Mode Devices 1

A. J. Ricco, S. J. Martin, T. M. Niemczyk , and G. C. Frye

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The response of piezoelectric devices propagating shear horizontal acoustic plate modes (SH-APMs) has been modeled and experimentally characterized for variations in surface mass, liquid rheological properties, and solution dielectric coefficient and electrical conductivity. The nature of the SH-APM and its propagation characteristics are outlined and used to describe a range of interactions at the solid/liquid interface. Sensitivity to sub-monolayer mass changes is demonstrated and a Cu sensor is described. The APM device is compared to the surface acoustic wave device and the quartz crystal microbalance for liquid sensing applications. 2+

Chemical sensors based on acoustic wave (AW) devices have been studied for a number of sensing applications, the majority of which fall in the category of gas and vapor detection (1-8). Recently, the use of these sensors in liquid environments has been explored (9-13). AW sensors utilize various types of acoustic waves, including the surface acoustic wave (SAW), the shear-horizontal acoustic plate mode (SH-APM) (10-13), and the Lamb wave (also a plate mode) (3.14). Even though most studies of these piezoelectric sensors have centered on SAW devices (1.2.4-8), differences in the propagation characteristics of the various acoustic modes make some better suited than others for a given sensing application. An interdigital transducer on the surface of a piezoelectric material can excite and detect waves which propagate along the surface (e.g. the SAW) or through the bulk (e.g. the Lamb wave and the SH-APM) of the substrate. AW sensors typically include an input transducer to generate the wave, an interaction region in which the propagating wave is affected by its environment, and an output transducer to detect the wave. Thus, unlike the quartz crystal microbal3

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ance (QCM) (15-20), AW sensors are two-port devices i n which the mode propagates many wavelengths between input and output transducers. This d i s t i n c t i o n , combined with higher operating frequencies, make AW devices s i g n i f i c a n t l y more s e n s i t i v e than the QCM to changes i n surface mass. I n addition, those AW devices which u t i l i z e bulk modes have the considerable advantage that a l l e l e c t r i c a l connections can be made to the face of the c r y s t a l not immersed i n solution. In this chapter, we describe the SH-APM and i t s propagation c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , pointing out the advantages of this device f o r l i q u i d sensing. Experimental characterizations of the APM's response to surface mass changes and to the viscous and acoustoelectric coup l i n g which occurs between the device and the contacting s o l u t i o n are presented as w e l l . The d e t a i l e d mathematical derivations necessary to f u l l y describe viscous coupling and mass s e n s i t i v i t y , which are beyond the scope of t h i s chapter, w i l l be published elsewhere (Martin, S. J . ; Ricco, A. J . ; Niemczyk, T. M.; Frye, G. C., Sensors & Actuators, submitted for p u b l i c a t i o n ) . An important a p p l i c a t i o n of the APM device i n the area of chemical sensing i s the i n d i c a t i o n of the presence, and i n optimal cases the concentration, of s p e c i f i c dissolved species. We have reported the use of the APM device to monitor electrodeposition (21), e l e c t r o l e s s deposition ( 1 3 ) , and the corrosion of metal films (21) · In these applications, the device responds n o n - s p e c i f i c a l l y to the presence of mass accumulated on (or removed from) the surface. Although such applications c l e a r l y demonstrate the use of the APM device to monitor surface mass changes while i n d i r e c t contact with solution, they are not examples of s p e c i f i c chemical sensors. Through suitable chemical modification of the surface, the APM device can be s e n s i t i z e d to the presence of species i n solution. The general approach we are taking i s to d e r i v a t i z e the quartz surface of the APM device with molecules well known as ligands f o r metal ions i n solution. The ligands are covalently attached to the surface via siloxane bonds using a reagent which has the ligand of interest attached to the a l k y l group of a t r i a l k o x y s i l y l a l k y l moiety (23-25). Ethylenediamine (en)» a bidentate ligand which forms complexes with many of the t r a n s i t i o n metals (26) including copper ( 2 7 ) , has format i o n constants such that two ens w i l l bind each Cu * ion ( 2 8 ) . In addition, the nitrogens which bind the metal are s u f f i c i e n t l y basic that addition of a c i d protonates them, freeing the Gu and allowing a check on the r e v e r s i b i l i t y of the reaction. Thus, the a p p l i c a t i o n of the APM to chemical sensing i s demonstrated i n the form of a sensor for aqueous Cu . 2

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Propagation and Interactions of Acoustic Plate Modes Fundamentals. In an AW device, an a l t e r n a t i n g voltage applied to an i n t e r d i g i t a l transducer on a p i e z o e l e c t r i c substrate generates an a l ternating s t r a i n f i e l d , which i n turn launches an acoustic wave (2.9) * Depending on the frequency of the a l t e r n a t i n g voltage, the physical properties of the substrate, and the o r i e n t a t i o n of the transducers on the substrate, the AW energy may be confined l a r g e l y to within one wavelength of the surface, as i n the case of the SAW, or i t may propagate through the bulk of the substrate, as i n the case of the APM. Regardless of the path i t follows, an acoustic mode having s i g n i f i cant amplitude at the substrate surface can have i t s propagation



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c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a l t e r e d by changes i n t h e n a t u r e and/or q u a n t i t y o f a m a t e r i a l i n i n t i m a t e c o n t a c t w i t h t h e d e v i c e s u r f a c e . The cumula t i v e e f f e c t s o f such i n t e r a c t i o n s o v e r t h e wave p r o p a g a t i o n p a t h a r e changes i n AW a m p l i t u d e and phase d e l a y a t t h e o u t p u t t r a n s d u c e r . The SH-APM s e n s o r s d i s c u s s e d i n t h i s c h a p t e r u t i l i z e t h i n , crys t a l l i n e , ST-cut q u a r t z p l a t e s w h i c h a c t as a c o u s t i c waveguides, con f i n i n g wave energy between t h e upper and lower s u r f a c e s o f t h e p l a t e as t h e wave p r o p a g a t e s between i n p u t and o u t p u t t r a n s d u c e r s . Though n o t s t r i c t l y v a l i d f o r a s i n g l e c r y s t a l , treatment o f t h e s u b s t r a t e as an i s o t r o p i c medium g r e a t l y s i m p l i f i e s c a l c u l a t i o n s and l e a d s t o r e a s o n a b l e p r e d i c t i o n s o f wave p r o p a g a t i o n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s and p e r t u r b a t i o n s thereon. A s c h e m a t i c r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f an a c o u s t i c wave d e v i c e w i t h a p r o p a g a t i n g SH-APM i s shown i n F i g u r e l a . F o r s i m p l i c i t y , o n l y one p a i r o f i n t e r d i g i t a t e d f i n g e r s i s shown f o r each t r a n s d u c e r ; a c t u a l t r a n s d u c e r s t y p i c a l l y c o n s i s t o f 25-75 such p a i r s . Note t h a t t h e w a v e l e n g t h (λ) o f t h e APM as i t p r o p a g a t e s between i n p u t and o u t p u t t r a n s d u c e r s i s t w i c e t h e c e n t e r - t o - c e n t e r s p a c i n g ( l a b e l e d d/2) o f t h e t r a n s d u c e r f i n g e r s . Together w i t h t h e propaga t i o n v e l o c i t y ( v ) o f t h e APM, t h e o v e r a l l t r a n s d u c e r p e r i o d i c i t y (d) d e t e r m i n e s t h e f r e q u e n c y ( f ) a t w h i c h a g i v e n mode p r o p a g a t e s : f„ - v /d. An SH p l a t e mode may be thought o f as a s u p e r p o s i t i o n o f SH p l a n e waves m u l t i p l y r e f l e c t e d a t some a n g l e between t h e upper and lower f a c e s o f t h e q u a r t z p l a t e . The s u b s t r a t e f a c e s impose a trans v e r s e resonance c o n d i t i o n w h i c h r e s u l t s i n each APM h a v i n g d i s p l a c e ment maxima a t t h e s u r f a c e s . F i g u r e l b shows a c r o s s s e c t i o n a l v i e w (normal t o t h e p r o p a g a t i o n d i r e c t i o n o f F i g u r e l a ) o f t h e p a r t i c l e d i s p l a c e m e n t f o r t h e f o u r l o w e s t - o r d e r SH modes, w i t h mode i n d i c e s η - 0 t h r o u g h 3 r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e number o f d i s p l a c e m e n t nodes between substrate faces. As i l l u s t r a t e d by F i g u r e l b , each mode has e q u a l d i s p l a c e m e n t on b o t h s u r f a c e s o f t h e APM d e v i c e , a l l o w i n g t h e use o f e i t h e r s u r f a c e f o r l i q u i d s e n s i n g . Each o f these a c o u s t i c modes has a s l i g h t l y d i f f e r e n t u n p e r t u r b e d v e l o c i t y ; t h e f r e q u e n c y o f most e f f i c i e n t c o u p l i n g between t r a n s d u c e r and s u b s t r a t e f o r t h e n mode may be w r i t t e n : n

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enhances separation between adjacent modes. Mass S e n s i t i v i t y . Extreme s e n s i t i v i t y t o changes i n s u r f a c e mass s e t AW d e v i c e s a p a r t from a l l o t h e r types o f s e n s o r s . When mass i s bound



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Figure I. a ) Schematic o f a n APM d e v i c e showing t h e shear h o r i z o n t a l d i s p l a c e m e n t o f t h e mode as i t p r o p a g a t e s between i n p u t and o u t p u t t r a n s d u c e r s . Each t r a n s d u c e r c o n s i s t s o f 50 75 i n t e r d i g i t a t e d e l e c t r o d e p a i r s , one o f w h i c h i s shown. b) C r o s s - s e c t i o n a l displacement p r o f i l e s f o r the four lowest order s h e a r h o r i z o n t a l (SH) p l a t e modes, η - 0 through 3. The η - 1 mode i s d e p i c t e d i n t h e d e v i c e o f p a r t a ) .


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s t r o n g l y t o t h e s u r f a c e o f an APM d e v i c e , i t o s c i l l a t e s synchronously w i t h t h e q u a r t z s u r f a c e under t h e i n f l u e n c e o f t h e p a s s i n g p l a t e mode. The e x t e n t t o w h i c h m e c h a n i c a l s u r f a c e p e r t u r b a t i o n s i n f l u e n c e APM p r o p a g a t i o n i s p r o p o r t i o n a l t o t h e r a t i o o f s u r f a c e p a r t i c l e v e l o c i t y s q u a r e d t o a c o u s t i c power f l o w t h r o u g h t h e s u b s t r a t e . This makes t h e η - 0 mode, w h i c h has s m a l l e r s u r f a c e d i s p l a c e m e n t (and hence p a r t i c l e v e l o c i t y ) r e l a t i v e t o t h e h i g h e r o r d e r modes, l e s s s e n s i t i v e t o mass changes. A s i m p l e and h i g h l y a c c u r a t e way t o measure wave v e l o c i t y i s t o u t i l i z e t h e APM d e v i c e as t h e feedback element o f an o s c i l l a t o r l o o p ( v i d e infra). For the n mode, t h e f r e q u e n c y s h i f t A f caused by a change i n s u r f a c e mass/area o f magni tude p i s a p p r o x i m a t e d by: t h

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o s c i l l a t o r y flow with ω τ « 1, i t responds as a Newtonian ( i d e a l ) f l u i d c h a r a c t e r i z e d by t h e s h e a r v i s c o s i t y η. F o r w r » 1, t h e o s c i l l a t i o n r a t e exceeds t h e r a t e o f m o l e c u l a r m o t i o n i n t h e l i q u i d and energy c e a s e s t o be d i s s i p a t e d i n v i s c o u s f l o w , b e i n g s t o r e d e l a s t i c a l l y i n s t e a d (12). C o n s e q u e n t l y , when d r i v e n a t h i g h frequen c i e s , a M a x w e l l i a n f l u i d behaves as an amorphous s o l i d w i t h s h e a r p r o p e r t i e s c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y a s h e a r modulus μ. The r e l a x a t i o n time a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e t r a n s i t i o n from v i s c o u s t o e l a s t i c b e h a v i o r i n a M a x w e l l i a n l i q u i d i s r e l a t e d t o t h e s e parameters by r - η/μ ( 3 0 ) . V i s c o u s c o u p l i n g o f an APM t o an a d j a c e n t l i q u i d r e s u l t s i n both a t t e n u a t i o n (o^) o f t h e modes and a change i n p r o p a g a t i o n v e l o c i t y (Δν ). These c a n be e s t i m a t e d from a p e r t u r b a t i o n a n a l y s i s and a r e g i v e n by: η

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+ c,) +V) Î t y p i c a l l y , η - 1. T h i s resonance c o n d i t i o n r e s t r i c t s the o p e r a t i o n o f the QCM t o lower f r e q u e n c i e s , because t h e r e a r e l i m i t a t i o n s on how t h i n the s u b s t r a t e can be made. The v a r i a t i o n i n e l e c t r i c a l i n p u t impedance w h i c h o c c u r s a t t h i s r e s o n a n t f r e q u e n c y c a n be used to con t r o l an o s c i l l a t o r c i r c u i t ; c i r c u i t r y i s c o m m e r c i a l l y a v a i l a b l e t o i n s t r u m e n t the s i n g l e - p o r t QCM. I n g e n e r a l , however, two-port d e v i c e s such as the SAW and APM a r e more e a s i l y i n s t r u m e n t e d as o s c i l l a t o r s , p a r t i c u l a r l y at high frequencies (34). I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n o f APM Sensors. Two i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n arrangements were u t i l i z e d i n t h i s s t u d y . I n oscillator measurements, the d e v i c e i s u s e d as the f r e q u e n c y c o n t r o l element o f an o s c i l l a t o r c i r c u i t ; p e r t u r b a t i o n s i n o s c i l l a t i o n frequency A f / f are monitored i n r e sponse t o changes i n l i q u i d p r o p e r t i e s o r s u r f a c e p e r t u r b a t i o n s . The APM d e v i c e i s u t i l i z e d as the f r e q u e n c y c o n t r o l element o f an o s c i l l a t o r c i r c u i t by s e r v i n g as an a m p l i f i e r feedback p a t h . The elements o f a s i m p l e o s c i l l a t o r l o o p a r e shown i n F i g u r e 2a. To form a s t a b l e o s c i l l a t o r , a s i g n a l t r a v e r s i n g the c l o s e d l o o p must r e t u r n t o i t s s t a r t i n g p o i n t (1) h a v i n g e q u a l a m p l i t u d e and (2) b e i n g phase s h i f t e d by a m u l t i p l e o f 2ir r a d i a n s ; the l a t t e r r e q u i r e m e n t i s f a c i l i t a t e d by a t u n a b l e phase s h i f t e r . The bandpass f i l t e r p r e v e n t s o s c i l l a t i o n a t o t h e r f r e q u e n c i e s , such as t h a t c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f the SAW. For o s c i l l a t o r measurements, the t r a n s d u c e r r e g i o n s h o u l d be p e r t u r b e d a l o n g w i t h the i n t e r v e n i n g p r o p a g a t i o n p a t h . When l i q u i d c o n t a c t s the s u r f a c e o f the s u b s t r a t e w i t h o u t t r a n s d u c e r s , c e l l d e s i g n s h o u l d be such t h a t l i q u i d i s p r e s e n t on the r e g i o n o f the c r y s t a l o p p o s i t e the t r a n s d u c e r s . As the o s c i l l a t i o n f r e q u e n c y changes, the transduc e r s w i l l t h e n " s e l f - t u n e " t o the c h a n g i n g f r e q u e n c y , p r e s e r v i n g the l i n e a r i t y o f response t o v a r i o u s p e r t u r b a t i o n s . n

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I n propagation measurements, a s i g n a l o f f i x e d f r e q u e n c y and a m p l i t u d e i s i n p u t t o t h e d e v i c e u s i n g an e x t e r n a l o s c i l l a t o r , w h i l e a v e c t o r v o l t m e t e r m o n i t o r s changes i n APM a m p l i t u d e and phase be tween t r a n s d u c e r s , as i l l u s t r a t e d i n F i g u r e 2b. These measurements a l l o w d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n i n APM phase v e l o c i t y and attenuation. A l t h o u g h l e s s s e n s i t i v e t h a n t h e o s c i l l a t o r measure ment, t h i s t e c h n i q u e i s n o t s u b j e c t t o "mode h o p p i n g " (sudden jumps from one mode t o a n o t h e r ) w h i c h c a n a f f l i c t an APM o s c i l l a t o r i n t h e event o f r a p i d e n v i r o n m e n t a l p e r t u r b a t i o n s , e.g. t h e t r a n s i t i o n from a d r y s u r f a c e t o one c o v e r e d w i t h l i q u i d . D u r i n g p r o p a g a t i o n mea surements , i t i s i m p o r t a n t t o i s o l a t e t h e t r a n s d u c e r s , i n c l u d i n g t h e r e g i o n o p p o s i t e them, from t h e p e r t u r b a t i o n ( M a r t i n , S. J . ; R i c c o , A. J . ; Niemczyk, T. M.; F r y e , G. C., Sensors & Actuators, submitted for p u b l i c a t i o n ) . For a n o n - d i s p e r s i v e AW (e.g. a SAW), f r e q u e n c y and v e l o c i t y p e r t u r b a t i o n s a r e e q u a l i n magnitude. As n o t e d by White ( 1 4 ) , how e v e r , t h e s e n s i t i v i t y o f A f / f and Δ ν / ν t o a p e r t u r b a t i o n a r e n o t n e c e s s a r i l y e q u a l i n a system i n v o l v i n g d i s p e r s i v e modes, such as the APM o r Lamb wave, because t h e phase v e l o c i t y o f each mode depends on frequency. S i n c e SH modes a r e d i s p e r s i v e , t h e f o l l o w i n g r e l a t i o n ship holds: n

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D e v i c e F a b r i c a t i o n and I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n . APM d e v i c e s were d e s i g n e d a t S a n d i a N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r i e s and f a b r i c a t e d b y C r y s t a l Technolo g i e s , I n c . , P a l o A l t o , CA and Sawtek, I n c . , O r l a n d o , FL. The ST-cut o f q u a r t z was used, w i t h p r o p a g a t i o n a l o n g t h e x - d i r e c t i o n o f t h e c r y s t a l ; s u b s t r a t e s measured 22.9 χ 7.6 χ 0.5 mm t h i c k b e f o r e lapping. T r a n s d u c e r f i n g e r dimensions s c a l e w i t h p e r i o d i c i t y : f i n g e r w i d t h and s e p a r a t i o n a r e b o t h d/4; f i n g e r l e n g t h i s 50d. Two d i f f e r e n t t r a n s d u c e r p e r i o d i c i t i e s were examined. The f i r s t d e v i c e , d e s i g n e d w i t h d - 32 /xm t o propagate t h e SH-APM a t 158 MHz, has a c e n t e r - t o - c e n t e r s e p a r a t i o n between t r a n s d u c e r s o f 7.36 mm. Each t r a n s d u c e r i s composed o f 50 f i n g e r - p a i r s , p h o t o l i t h o g r a p h i c a l l y d e f i n e d from 200 nm-thick Au-on-Cr m e t a l l i z a t i o n . The second device, d e s i g n e d w i t h d - 50 μπι t o propagate t h e SH-APM a t 104 MHz, has t r a n s d u c e r s c o m p r i s e d o f 75 f i n g e r - p a i r s d e f i n e d from 100 nm t h i c k A l metallization. C e n t e r - t o - c e n t e r s e p a r a t i o n between t r a n s d u c e r s i s 7.28 mm. The u n m e t a l l i z e d s i d e o f a l l d e v i c e s was l a p p e d t o o b t a i n the d e s i r e d p l a t e t h i c k n e s s , t h e n p o l i s h e d so t h a t t h e upper and lower f a c e s were p a r a l l e l and o p t i c a l l y smooth. Each d e v i c e was mounted i n a 25.5 mm χ 12.7 mm g o l d - p l a t e d s t e e l f l a t p a c k ( I s o t r o n i c s ) w i t h a 20.5 mm χ 3.7 mm o p e n i n g , a l l o w i n g l i q u i d t o c o n t a c t t h e u n m e t a l l i z e d s i d e o f t h e d e v i c e as shown i n e x p l o d e d v i e w by F i g u r e 2c. The u n m e t a l l i z e d f a c e o f t h e d e v i c e was bonded ( i n t h e r e g i o n s u r r o u n d i n g t h e a c o u s t i c wave p a t h ) t o t h e



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o p e n i n g i n t h e f l a t p a c k u s i n g a bead o f RTV e l a s t o m e r ; t h e d e v i c e thus c o n t a c t s l i q u i d o n l y i n the APM p r o p a g a t i o n p a t h . Electrical c o n t a c t was made between t r a n s d u c e r b o n d i n g pads and f l a t p a c k f e e d throughs b y 76-/im d i a m e t e r Au o r A l l e a d s a t t a c h e d w i t h an u l t r a s o n i c bonder (Westbond). The f l a t p a c k was mounted i n a b r a s s t e s t f i x t u r e c o n t a i n i n g impedance m a t c h i n g networks ( I n t e g r a t e d C h e m i c a l S e n s o r s , Inc., Newton, MA). W i r e s were s o l d e r e d t o the f l a t p a c k feed-throughs to make c o n t a c t t o the m a t c h i n g networks i n the body o f the f i x t u r e below. L i q u i d was h e l d i n c o n t a c t w i t h the s e n s i n g s u r f a c e b y a t e f l o n c e l l s e a l e d by compression t o t h e metal f l a t p a c k . An open c e l l , h a v i n g an approximate i n t e r n a l volume o f 1 m l , was used f o r some e x p e r i m e n t s , w i t h l i q u i d s b e i n g added and withdrawn by means o f a p i p e t . The c l o s e d c e l l shown i n F i g u r e 2c was used i n o t h e r e x p e r i ments w i t h the l i q u i d b e i n g drawn through by a p e r i s t a l t i c pump. I n s t r u m e n t a t i o n f o r t h e o s c i l l a t o r measurements, a r r a n g e d as shown i n F i g u r e 2a, i n c l u d e d two cascaded wide-band a m p l i f i e r s (Hew l e t t - P a c k a r d 8447D), a band-pass f i l t e r (K&L Microwave 5BT-95/1905N) , two v a r i a b l e a t t e n u a t o r s i n s e r i e s ( H e w l e t t - P a c k a r d 8494A and 8495A), a t u n a b l e phase s h i f t e r (Merrimac PSL-4-160B o r PSL-4-100B), a 10 dB d i r e c t i o n a l c o u p l e r (Anzac DCG-10-4), a f r e q u e n c y counter ( H e w l e t t - P a c k a r d 5384A), and a computer f o r d a t a a c q u i s i t i o n (Hew l e t t - P a c k a r d 9816). For the p r o p a g a t i o n measurements, a s y n t h e s i z e d o s c i l l a t o r (Hewlett-Packard 8656A) was used a l o n g w i t h a v e c t o r v o l t m e t e r ( H e w l e t t - P a c k a r d 8405A) and t h e HP 9816 computer i n t h e arrangement o f F i g u r e 2b. Chemicals. Surface D e r i v a t i z a t i o n . and M i s c e l l a n e o u s Apparatus. Water was doubly d i s t i l l e d . E l e c t r o l y t e s and s o l v e n t s were commer c i a l l y a v a i l a b l e reagent grade, used as r e c e i v e d . S o l u t i o n conduc t i v i t i e s were measured a t 1 kHz u s i n g a 1 cm p a t h l e n g t h c o n d u c t i v i t y c e l l (YSI Models 32 and 3445). V i s c o s i t y s t a n d a r d s were p r e p a r e d from w a t e r and reagent-grade g l y c e r o l . D e r i v a t i z a t i o n o f APM d e v i c e s u r f a c e s was a c c o m p l i s h e d by immersing t h e d e v i c e ( c l e a n e d by r i n s i n g i n t r i c h l o r o e t h y l e n e , acetone, 2 - p r o p a n o l , and w a t e r , then s o a k i n g i n cone. HN0 ) i n a 2% (v/v) s o l u t i o n o f #-2-aminoethyl-3a m i n o p r o p y l t r i m e t h o x y s i l a n e ( P e t r a r c h Systems, I n c . ; d i s t i l l e d under reduced p r e s s u r e p r i o r t o use) i n r e f l u x i n g d r y t o l u e n e f o r 1 h. The d e v i c e was then r i n s e d w i t h t o l u e n e and annealed a t 150 C f o r 1 h. S i l v e r s h o t ( A l f a , 99.999%) was t h e r m a l l y e v a p o r a t e d from a r e s i s t i v e l y h e a t e d t u n g s t e n b a s k e t a t a r a t e o f 0.6 - 0.8 A/s; base pressure i n t h e cryo-pumped vacuum system was 2 χ 1 0 " T o r r . E v a p o r a t i o n was m o n i t o r e d w i t h an I n f i c o n XTC q u a r t z c r y s t a l m i c r o b a l a n c e o p e r a t i n g a t 6 MHz, 3

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Mode resolution was best with Device 3 (104 MHz), having b - 203 /im, d - 50 /im, and Ν - 75 (R - 4.5). Mass S e n s i t i v i t y . Calibration. The mass s e n s i t i v i t y of an APM device was c a l i b r a t e d by vacuum deposition of s i l v e r onto the (unmet a l l i z e d ) quartz surface. Device 3 was incorporated i n an o s c i l l a t o r loop (Figure 2a) and the frequency monitored during thermal evapora t i o n of a Ag f i l m onto the substrate. The frequency s h i f t was com pared to the f i l m thickness measured by the commercial QCM. Heating of the device was negligible: after removing power from the evapora t i o n filament, no s i g n i f i c a n t s h i f t i n frequency was observed as the APM device cooled. The APM frequency s h i f t i s p l o t t e d vs. the mass density of deposited s i l v e r i n Figure 3a for modes 0 through 3. As expected (Equation 3), the device i s approximately twice as sensitive when higher order modes are excited as f o r the η - 0 mode. The mass s e n s i t i v i t y measured for Device 3 i s 9.5 cm /g (0.99 Hz-cm /ng) f o r the η - 0 mode and 19,4 cm /g (2.0 Hz-cm /ng) f o r the average of the next three higher-order modes. The corresponding s e n s i t i v i t i e s estimated from Equation 3, 9.3 cm /g and 18.6 cm /g, are i n excel lent agreement. The accuracy with which the mass s e n s i t i v i t y i n vacuo r e f l e c t s that when the device i s i n contact with l i q u i d was investigated with an etching experiment. After evaporating an 80.5 nm-thick s i l v e r f i l m onto Device 3, i t was incorporated i n an o s c i l l a t o r c i r c u i t and an open c e l l on the device surface was f i l l e d with 1.0 ml of water. A f t e r stable o s c i l l a t i o n of the η - 1 mode was achieved, 0.1 ml of a 2:2:1 H 0:H S0 :HN0 et chant was added to the c e l l . The 1470 ppm frequency s h i f t measured as the f i l m dissolved over a 15 min period y i e l d s a mass s e n s i t i v i t y of 17.4 cm /g, approximately 6% less than the value measured i n vacuum. A similar vacuum deposition experiment was carried out using Device 2. In this case, the measured mass s e n s i t i v i t i e s were 31 cm /g (4.9 Hz-cm /ng) for η - 0 and 65 ± 4 cm /g (10 Hz-cm /ng) f o r the average of η - 1, 2, and 3. The s e n s i t i v i t y of t h i s device, which i s within a factor of 2 of that f o r a 97 MHz SAW device (130 cm /g or 13 Hz-cm /ng), i s s i g n i f i c a n t l y larger than the s e n s i t i v i t y calculated from Equation 3. This i s probably because plate modes begin to couple with surface modes, enhancing surface p a r t i c l e velo c i t y and thus mass s e n s i t i v i t y , when b/λ exceeds approximately f i v e 2

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mm of the acoustic path (13) » such a device i s d i f f i c u l t to use for l i q u i d sensing. In contrast, less than 8 dB of attenuation typically r e s u l t s for the SH-APM when l i q u i d i s added to a dry device surface (13), leaving ample signal with which to make measurements. Detection of Aqueous Cu . The high mass s e n s i t i v i t y of the APM device suggests that chemical sensors can be developed u t i l i z i n g i n teractions which lead to mass changes as small as a f r a c t i o n of a monolayer. D e r i v a t i z a t i o n of the quartz APM device surface with the en-based ligand, under the reaction conditions given i n the Experi mental Methods and Materials section, should r e s u l t i n surface cover ages of between one and several molecular layers (.23); the surfaceimmobilized ligand w i l l be denoted e n . An open l i q u i d c e l l affixed to the device was f i l l e d with 0.1 Μ KN0 ; this solution maintains ionic conductivity at a constant l e v e l , eliminating acoustoelectric effects. The device was included i n the o s c i l l a t o r loop of Figure 2a. After achieving stable o s c i l l a t i o n , 0.25 ml of 1 mM CuS0 i n 0.1 Μ KN0 were added to the c e l l , r e s u l t i n g i n a f i n a l C u concentra t i o n of approximately 0.25 mM. The data of Figure 3b show that aq ueous Cu binds readily and reversibly to the en -dérivâtized APM device surface. A frequency s h i f t of -13 ppm occurred over a period of roughly 400 sec following addition of Cu to the c e l l ; this shift corresponds to a bound ion density of about 3 χ 10 /cm . Based on additional experiments, e s s e n t i a l l y a l l the available binding s i t e s are occupied at this concentration, so the coverage of e n i s thus about 6 χ 10 /cm . To learn how much of the C u binding might be attributable to the quartz surface i t s e l f , a control experiment was performed using an underivatized device. In this case, C u was added to give a f i n a l concentration of approximately 100 μΜ; the r e s u l t was a frequency s h i f t of roughly -2 ppm, about s i x times smaller than the s h i f t recorded for the en -treated surface. To examine the r e v e r s i b i l i t y of the C u binding, 0.25 ml of 10 mM HC1 i n 0.1 Μ KN0 were added to the c e l l , giving a f i n a l pH near 3 and protonating the Ν atoms of the e n . The data of Figure 3b show the return of the o s c i l l a t i o n frequency to near i t s i n i t i a l value, i n d i c a t i n g nearly complete release of the bound C u ions as a r e s u l t of the acid addition. The binding and release of C u were found to be repeatable with this device, indicating that the derivat i z e d APM device functions as a reversible detector of low concen trations of C u i n solution. 2+

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The perturbation theory estimates are i n good agreement with the data over the v i s c o s i t y range tested, as shown by the s o l i d l i n e s calculated from Equations 5 using the experimentally determined value of c f o r t h i s device. A shear modulus μ - 3.1 χ 10 dyne/cm was found to give the simultaneous best f i t of Equations 5 to the experi mental data shown i n Figure 4a and b. Interestingly, t h i s modulus implies a l i q u i d relaxation time which agrees well with measured d i e l e c t r i c r e l a x a t i o n times (11). The dashed l i n e s are the predic tions when v i s c o e l a s t i c e f f e c t s are neglected and the l i q u i d i s treated as a Newtonian f l u i d , i . e . , μ - » i n Equations 5. 8

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s p e c i e s i n s o l u t i o n and a t the s o l i d / l i q u i d i n t e r f a c e via s e v e r a l mechanisms, i n c l u d i n g changes i n s u r f a c e mass and m e c h a n i c a l p r o p e r t i e s , v i s c o u s c o u p l i n g t o the a d j a c e n t l a y e r o f s o l u t i o n , and acous t o e l e c t r i c c o u p l i n g between the APM's e v a n e s c e n t e l e c t r i c f i e l d and i o n s and d i p o l e s i n s o l u t i o n . Knowledge o f t h e s e i n t e r a c t i o n s a l l o w s the d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f sub-monolayer mass changes (0.5 ng/cm ) at the s o l i d / l i q u i d i n t e r f a c e ; combination o f t h i s s e n s i t i v i t y w i t h surface d e r i v a t i z a t i o n techniques leads to chemical sensors f o r dissolved species. 2


Acknowledgments The a u t h o r s a r e g r a t e f u l t o P. A. T a y l o r , V. M. H i e t a l a , and L. Romero o f S a n d i a N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r i e s f o r h e l p f u l d i s c u s s i o n s and to B. J . Lammie o f S a n d i a N a t i o n a l L a b o r a t o r i e s and I . A d h i h e t t y o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f New Mexico Department o f C h e m i s t r y f o r v a l u a b l e techni cal assistance. T h i s work was s u p p o r t e d by the U.S. Department o f Energy under c o n t r a c t no. DE-AC04-76DP00789.

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