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Design and validation of a low-cost open-source impedance based quartz crystal microbalance for electrochemical research

The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurement technique is utilized in a broad variety of scientific fields and applications, where surface and interfacial processes are relevant. However, the costs of purchasing QCMs is typically high, which has limited its employment in education as well as by...

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Autores principales: Horst, Rens J., Katzourakis, Antonis, Mei, Bastian T., de Beer, Sissi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9672453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36406795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00374
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description The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurement technique is utilized in a broad variety of scientific fields and applications, where surface and interfacial processes are relevant. However, the costs of purchasing QCMs is typically high, which has limited its employment in education as well as by scientists in developing countries. In this article, we present an open-source QCM, built on the OpenQCM project, and using an impedance-based measurement technique (QCM-I), which can be built for <200 euro. Our QCM allows for simultaneous monitoring of the frequency change and dissipation, such that both soft and rigid materials can be characterized. In addition, our QCM measurements can be combined with simultaneous electrochemical measurement techniques (EQCM-I). We demonstrate the validity of our system by characterizing the electrodeposition of a rigid metallic film (Cu) and by the electropolymerization of aniline. Finally, we discuss potential improvements to our system.
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spelling pubmed-96724532022-11-19 Design and validation of a low-cost open-source impedance based quartz crystal microbalance for electrochemical research Horst, Rens J. Katzourakis, Antonis Mei, Bastian T. de Beer, Sissi HardwareX Article The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurement technique is utilized in a broad variety of scientific fields and applications, where surface and interfacial processes are relevant. However, the costs of purchasing QCMs is typically high, which has limited its employment in education as well as by scientists in developing countries. In this article, we present an open-source QCM, built on the OpenQCM project, and using an impedance-based measurement technique (QCM-I), which can be built for <200 euro. Our QCM allows for simultaneous monitoring of the frequency change and dissipation, such that both soft and rigid materials can be characterized. In addition, our QCM measurements can be combined with simultaneous electrochemical measurement techniques (EQCM-I). We demonstrate the validity of our system by characterizing the electrodeposition of a rigid metallic film (Cu) and by the electropolymerization of aniline. Finally, we discuss potential improvements to our system. Elsevier 2022-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9672453/ /pubmed/36406795 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00374 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Design and validation of a low-cost open-source impedance based quartz crystal microbalance for electrochemical research
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title_short Design and validation of a low-cost open-source impedance based quartz crystal microbalance for electrochemical research
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9672453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36406795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00374
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