I.E. Kuznetsova

Russian Academy of Sciences | RAS · Institute of Radioengineering & Electronic

During the fabrication of quartz crystal resonators (QCRs), parallelism error is inevitably generated, which is rarely investigated. In order to reveal the influence of parallelism error on the working performance of QCRs, the coupled vibration of a non-parallel AT-cut quartz crystal plate with electrodes is systematically studied from the views of...

In this study, the topological valley Hall edge states of elastic waves in phononic crystals are realized based on material differences. A phononic crystal structure with lantern rings is proposed. The results show that differences in the Young’s modulus or density of lantern-ring materials can cause the destruction of the effective spatial inversi...

A comparative analysis of the responses of two types of acoustic waves (surface SAW and plate APW) with close frequencies and the same type of waves (SAW) with different frequencies toward various liquid vapors (water, acetone, ethanol) was carried out in this paper. Two types of films based on mycelium of higher fungus Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P...

Properties of the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of arachidic and stearic acids, versus the amount of the films’ monolayers were studied and applied for chloroform vapor detection with acoustoelectric high-frequency SAW sensors, based on an AT quartz two-port Rayleigh type SAW resonator (414 MHz) and ST-X quartz SAW delay line (157.5 MHz). Using both...

Recently, the scientific community has shown a great interest about the Organ-on-Chip (OoC) devices, a special kind of micro-fabricated platforms capable of recapitulating the human physiology implementing the traditional cell culture methods and the concept of in vivo studies. Copper ions represent a cellular micronutrient that must be monitored f...

Backward acoustic waves are characterized by oppositely directed phase and group velocities. These waves can exist in isotropic and piezoelectric plates. They can be detected using a set of interdigital transducers with different spatial periods located on the same piezoelectric substrate. In this paper, the effect of a nonviscous and nonconductive...

The free shear vibration in a laterally finite piezoelectric plate loaded with a viscous liquid layer of finite size is investigated in this paper. Considering the lateral edge effect and segmented boundary condition at the solid–liquid interface, a new theoretical solution is obtained using the Fourier series, from which the resonant frequencies a...

Topological transports of elastic waves have attracted much attention because of their unique immunity to defects and backscattering-suppression ability. Periodic lattice structures are ideal carriers of elastic-wave transports due to their ability to manipulate elastic waves. Compared with honeycomb-lattice structures, the wave-guide-path designs...

An analytical and meshless modeling for solving thickness shear vibration in an infinite piezoelectric quartz resonator with partial non-circular electrodes is proposed. Firstly, two-dimensional scalar differential equations derived by Tiersten and Smythe are adopted and transformed into the polar coordinate system. Secondly, displacement patterns...

Using acoustic wave modes propagation in piezoelectric plates loaded with conductive liquids, peculiarities of the mode-liquid acoustoelectric interaction are studied. It is found that (i) in contrast to bulk and surface acoustic waves propagating in piezoelectric semiconductors, the acoustoelectric attenuation of the modes is not symmetric in resp...

In this paper, we propose a specific two-layer model consisting of a functionally graded (FG) layer and a piezoelectric semiconductor (PS) layer. Based on the macroscopic theory of PS materials, the effects brought about by the attached FG layer on the piezotronic behaviors of homogeneous n-type PS fibers and PN junctions are investigated. The semi...

Recently, designers of electronic equipment have paid special attention to the issue of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of devices with their own components and assemblies. This is due to the high sensitivity of semiconductor microcircuits to electromagnetic interference. This interference can be caused either by natural phenomena, such as ligh...

In this work, the reflection and transmission coefficients characteristics of plane waves in a functionally graded (FG) piezoelectric plate immersed in non-viscous liquid (water) are investigated using the stiffness matrix method (SMM). The general solutions of the displacement and the stress are expressed in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvecto...

The synergistic effect of silicon-based substrates on the physical and chemical properties of aluminum nitride (AlN) thin films was investigated. AlN thin films were deposited by RF magnetron sputtering on Low Resistivity (LR) Si, Silicon On Insulator (SOI) and Si/SiO2 substrates at room temperature. The morphological and structural properties were...

Zinc oxide is one of the most popular materials for acoustoelectronic sensors and vibro-piezo-transducers used in nano-piezo-generators. In the present paper, thick piezoelectric ZnO films are fabricated on both sides of various substrates using magnetron sputtering technique. It is shown that the main problem for double film deposition is the diff...

Based on Mindlin’s first-order plate theory, the high-frequency vibrations of piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave array sensors under lateral-field-excitation based on crystals with 3 m point group are analyzed, and the spectral-frequency relationships are solved, based on which, the optimal length–thickness ratio of the piezoelectric crystal plate is...

Using plates of weak piezoeletcric crystal (quartz) loaded with various liquids, it is shown that along with common modes, whose sensitivity towards different liquid parameters comparable with each other, there are some uncommon modes, whose amplitude responses towards viscosity η are much larger than towards temperature T and electric conductivity...

In this study, we proposed a genosensor that can qualitatively and quantitatively detect genetically modified soybeans using a simple electrode with evenly distributed single layer gold nanoparticles. The DNA sensing electrode is made by sputtering a gold film on the substrate, and then sequentially depositing 1,6-hexanedithiol and gold nanoparticl...

Piezotronic devices have attracted a great deal of attention due to their potential applications in self-powered tactile sensing, nano-device memory, human-electronic interface, etc. As the size of piezotronic devices shrinks, some interesting quantum effects begin to appear. In this paper, we establish a theory oriented to the engineering applicat...

Acoustic waves are investigated which are guided at the edge (apex line) of a wedge-shaped elastic body or at the edge of an elastic plate. The edges contain a periodic sequence of modifications, consisting either of indentations or inclusions with a different elastic material which gives rise to high acoustic mismatch. Dispersion relations are com...

The paper presents the results of a study of the frequency dependence of the S11 parameters of antenna samples with fractal geometry, created using 3D printing technology, followed by the deposition of a conductive copper coating by galvanization. It is shown that changing the dimension of the fractal at different iterations, shifting and dividing...

Non-uniform mechanical strain can be easily induced at the interface of a piezoelectric semiconductive (PS) PN junction with variable cross sections by using piezoactive acoustic waves, and thus produces a giant piezoelectric field to significantly enhance the piezotronic effect. For revealing the piezotronic performance modulation in the non-unifo...

In order to evidently improve the working performance of piezotronic devices, non-uniform piezoelectric semiconductor fibers with contoured profiles are designed. However, apart from the finite element method, it's hard to achieve analytical descriptions of the electromechanical fields in these non-uniform piezoelectric semiconductor fibers because...

A methodology to control the flexural wave propagation via modulating the beam profile is presented in this paper. Firstly, the power series method is utilized to theoretically solve the flexural waves in a non-uniform Timoshenko beam with arbitrarily contoured profiles. It is demonstrated that this method is effective for most of inhomogeneous bea...

t has been demonstrated that the local piezopotential property of a piezoelectric semiconductor (PS) fiber has a great influence on its piezotronic performance. However, tuning the local piezopotential of the PS fiber is quite difficult due to its small size. To solve this problem, a feasible approach, i.e., composite structure design, is proposed...

A shear horizontal surface acoustic wave (SH-SAW) sensor can be applied for measuring liquid properties. Measurements of engine oils are one of the SH-SAW sensor applications. In our previous study, the possibility of the SH-SAW sensor for monitoring degradation of the engine oil was discussed. In this study, the SH-SAW sensors with three frequenci...

In this research, beam focusing in lithium niobate plate was studied for fundamental anti-symmetric (A0) and symmetric (S0) Lamb waves, and the shear-horizontal (SH0) wave of zero-order. Using the finite element method, appropriate configuration of the interdigital transducer with arc-like electrodes was modeled accounting for the anisotropy of the...

Evanescent acoustic waves are characterized by purely imaginary or complex wavenumbers. Earlier, in 2019 by using a three dimensional (3D) finite element method (FEM) the possibility of the excitation and registration of such waves in the piezoelectric plates was theoretically shown. In this paper the set of the acoustically isolated interdigital t...

In this paper, we present a neutral non-enzymatic glucose biofuel cell (GBFC) based on a Pt/Au nano-alloy anode. We synthesize Pt/Au alloy anodes by the electrochemical deposition of a Pt/Au nano-alloy on the surface of a thin polyethylene terephthalate membrane with a uniformly distributed microhemispheric array. The experimental results demonstra...

It is shown that, in spite of the wave radiation into the adjacent liquid, a large group of Lamb waves are able to propagate along piezoelectric plates (quartz, LiNbO3, LiTaO3) coated with a liquid layer (distilled water H2O). When the layer freezes, most of the group’s waves increase their losses, essentially forming an acoustic response towards w...

By their geometric dimensions, biosensors can be arranged into a sequence of macro-, micro- and nanodevices. From this perspective, the present chapter considers mainly electrochemical biosensors and biofuel cells; attention is also paid to other, e.g. chemical, types of sensors that can be prototypes of developed biosensor devices. One of the movi...

A dynamic model to analyze the thickness shear vibration of a circular quartz crystal plate with multiple concentric ring electrodes on its upper and bottom surfaces is established with the aid of coordinate transformation. The theoretical solution is obtained, which can be written in a superposition form of Mathieu functions and modified Mathieu f...

This review deals with the use of the highly conductive polymer PEDOT:PSS in biomedical and bioelectrochemical systems. The examples of toxic effects on living cells, positive effects of PEDOT:PSS on the viability of cells and tissues are given. The properties of the polymer, methods of increasing its electrical conductivity by its modification wit...

A plane lens that has the ability of focusing the flexural wave emitting from a point source into a focal point has been successfully designed by two methods, i.e., the trajectory prediction and the phase modulation. For the trajectory prediction, the lens makes the flexural waves along different paths arriving at the focal point simultaneously. Fo...

Evaluation of the results of modeling a fractal rectenna by the finite element method, with consideration of the central 5 GHz. Directional diagrams are plotted. The simulation results are compared with a sample of a real antenna created on the basis of calculations. The possibility of using the developed fractal rectenna for collecting electromagn...

The tin dioxide (SnO2) films doped with bismuth by means of magnetron sputtering of semiconductor two-phase target and powder BiO2 as source of Bi were produced. The effect of bismuth dope concentration variation on the microstructure, electrophysical and gas-sensing properties was investigated. It has been found, that films consist of crystalline...

Mode coupled vibrations in a thickness-shear (TSh) mode and laterally finite FBAR sensor with one face in contact with Newtonian (linearly viscous and compressional) liquid are investigated. With boundary conditions and interface continuity conditions, exact dispersion curves in FBAR sensor contacting with two kinds of liquids are obtained, and the...

In the paper, the results of production of Ag inkjet printed interdigital transducers to the acoustic delay line based on Y-cut X-propagation direction of lithium niobate plate for the frequency range from 1 to 14 MHz are presented. Additionally, morphological, structural, and electro-physical characteristics of the obtained electrodes were investi...

The influence of humidity on the density, shear elastic module, viscosity, and thickness of the mushroom Pleurotus eryngii and Ganoderma lucidum mycelium films was studied. These data were obtained by comparing the theoretical and experimental frequency dependencies of the complex electrical impedance of bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator loaded by...

The shear mode film bulk acoustic wave resonators (FBARs) have been developed rapidly in recent years due to the increased interest in biosensors. In this paper, the mode coupling effects which are unavoidable in real devices are theoretically analyzed and discussed. Mindlin’s approximation method of expanding the displacement fields with power ser...

Mode coupled vibrations in a UHF ZnO thin film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) operating at thickness-extensional (TE) mode are studied by employing weak boundary conditions (WBCs), constructed based on Saint -Venant’s principle and mixed variational principle in the piezoelectric theory. The frequency spectra, describing the lateral size-dependence...

The acoustoelectric effect is the generation of a acoustoelectric current in a non-biased device by a piezoactive acoustic wave. This effect has recently attracted the attention of researchers as possible method to control the motion of massive objects in the quantum regime. We suggest use this effect for development of high sensitive nanoelectroni...

A comparative study of Love-type wave vibrations in a distinct piezoelectric (PE) material thin film with a highly and weakly dielectric interface with an elastic pre-stressed elastic plate is investigated analytically. Using the PZT-2, PZT-4, PZT-5H, LiNbO3 and BaTiO3 numerical data for the PE material, we achieved significant outcomes of PE and f...

Lamb waves propagating in piezoelectric plate covered by thin film electrodes with arbitrary conductivity are investigated. The structure consists of three parts, piezoelectric plate, top and bottom thin films with arbitrary conductivities and top and bottom free space. The governing equations in each parts are first solved respectively, and then c...

In this paper, we present an approach to studying the mode coupling vibrations in two-port thin-film bulk acoustic wave resonator (FBAR) devices with two pairs of electrodes deposited on the zinc oxide film. The two-dimensional plate theory established in our previous work is employed, which takes into account the coupling of the operating thicknes...

Gene transfer technology changes some of the characteristics of crops. However, genetically modified foods have been reported to have an impact on human health. We proposed a cost effective and highly sensitive biosensor electrode with self-assembled monolayer of gold nanoparticle on a micro hemisphere array to detect genetically modified soybean....

Magneto-active elastomers (MAEs) based on a silicon polymer matrix filled with magnetic carbonyl iron microparticles have been synthesized. Both isotropic samples and samples micro-structured by an external magnetic field have been obtained. The radio-absorbing properties of the MAEs have experimentally been studied in the frequency range 2–10 GHz...

This paper presents the results of the theoretical and 2D FEM modeling excitation and detection of evanescent acoustic waves in piezoelectric plates. By application of 2D ordinary differential equations derived by Auld, we obtained the dispersion curves of A1 and SH1 waves in YX LiNbO3 and YX KNbO3 plates in proximity to a zero group velocity point...

The characteristics of an electrochemical biosensor based on a Prussian-blue screen-printed electrode containing glucose oxidase incorporated into polyelectrolyte microcapsules (PMC) are considered. PMC with the embedded enzyme were formed using sodium polystyrene sulfonate and poly(allylamine hydrochloride). The characteristics were compared with...

This work investigated changes in the biochemical parameters of multilayer membrane structures, emerging at their modification with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The structures were represented by polyelectrolyte microcapsules (PMCs) containing glucose oxidase (GOx). PMCs were made using sodium polystyrene sulfonate (polyanion) and poly(al...

This paper presents the thickness-shear (TSh) vibration modes of an infinite circular AT-cut quartz resonator with ring electrodes. By application of 2D scalar differential equations derived by Tiersten and Smythe, we obtain the resonant frequencies and vibration amplitude distributions of thickness-shear modes in the resonator. The theoretical res...

A technology is developed that uses two multiscale structures on a single crystal piezoelectric substrate of lithium niobate. A system of counter-pin electrodes for an acoustic delay line operating in the 2–3 MHz range is formed via photolithography. The system is combined with nanotransducers 60–80 nm in size, produced by means of negative electro...

The results of a study of the influence of the geometric parameters of interdigital transducers (IDT) on their resonance characteristics for YX plates of lithium niobate and potassium niobate are presented in the paper. It is shown that a decrease in the IDT aperture from 6 mm to 2 mm leads to a twofold increase in the intensity of the acoustic sig...

Integration of nanostructures with acoustic delay lines within planar technologies give the chance of development the acoustonanoelectronic sensors with high sensitivity and selectivity. An initial step in this direction is investigation of interaction of tunnel nanostructures with acoustic piezoactive waves propagating in piezoelectric substrates....

The results concerning to study of possibility to produce electrode structure of acoustic delay lines by using inject printing method are presented. The investigation of morphologic and structure characteristics of electrode structure produced has been carried out. The possibility of excitation of plate acoustic waves characterized by high value of...

The paper describes a method for determining the properties of thin films: elastic constants, viscosity and density. The method is based on the analysis of changing the characteristics of the acoustic resonator, on the surface of which the film under study is deposited, in comparison with a free resonator. Using the described method, the properties...

A new method for detecting the forward and backward acoustic waves in the piezoelectric plates by using a system of the acoustically isolated interdigital transducers (IDT) with the different spatial period is developed. This method was tested on the piezoelectric acoustic modes A1 and SH1 propagating in Y-X LiNbO3 plate. Theoretical analysis has s...

The anode of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) was formed on a graphite electrode and immobilized Gluconobacter oxydans VKM-1280 bacterial cells. Immobilization was performed in chitosan, poly(vinyl alcohol) or N-vinylpyrrolidone-modified poly(vinyl alcohol). Ethanol was used as substrate. The anode was modified using multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The ai...