Why do we need to provide the acoustic impedance during the thin film thickness measurement using quartz crystal? The Sauerbrey equation does not have any acoustic impedance parameter.
Dear Bijit Choudhuri,
I have attached following Research Articles that may help you.
01. Article Investigation of Film-thickness Determination by Oscillating...
02. Article Validation of the mass response of a quartz crystal microbal...
03. Article The quartz crystal microbalance: A tool for probing viscous/...
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Samir G. Pandya
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