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mi·cro·bal·ance

(mī'krō-bal'ănts),

A balance designed for use in weighing unusually small samples of materials.

microbalance

(mī′krō-bal″ăns) [ micro- + balance]

A scale or balance for measuring very small weight (mass) changes.

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Scanning electrochemical mass sensitivity mapping of the quartz crystal microbalance in liquid media.

[4] Nonstandard abbreviations: AFP, [alpha]-fetoprotein; Ag, antigen; Ab, antibody; MAb, monoclonal antibody; SAM, self-assembled monolayer; QCM, quartz crystal microbalance; ConA, concanavalin A; and PBS, phosphate-buffered saline.

Determination of [alpha]-fetoprotein in human serum by a quartz crystal microbalance-based immunosensor

The goal of coating optimization was to obtain accurate and repeatable results when a quartz crystal microbalance is used as a tool to measure real-time adsorption and reaction at nanoparticle surfaces.

Cooper, A survey of the 2006-2009 quartz crystal microbalance biosensor literature, Journal of molecular recognition : JMR 24 (5), 754-87 (2011).

Richter, Hearing what you cannot see and visualizing what you hear: Interpreting quartz crystal microbalance data from solvated interfaces, Analytical Chemistry 83 (23), 8838-8848 (2011).

Tome, Acoustic wave biosensors: Physical models and biological applications of quartz crystal microbalance, Trends in Biotechnology 27 (12), 689-697 (2009).

Serpone, Photocatalyzed degradations on a Ti[O.sub.2]-coated quartz crystal microbalance. I.

Huang, Improvement of quartz crystal microbalance sensor with nanocrystalling Ti[O.sub.2] porous films, Chinese Journal of Analytical Chemistry 31 (3), 300-303 (2003).

Processing and Characterization of Nanoparticle Coatings for Quartz Crystal Microbalance Measurements