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SiO2 micro-cantilever has been widely used in the field of chemical and biological sensors due to its high sensitivity. In order to further improve the dynamic sensitivity of SiO2 micro-cantilevers, the fabrication and its sensor application based on higher resonance modes are studied in this work. First, Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) is used as starting material for the fabrication of T-shaped SiO2 micro-cantilevers with different lengths. Then, commercial atom force microscopy (AFM) with accurate photoelectronic system is employed for the characterization of the frequency and the frequency shift before and after mass adsorption.It is found that the first three bending frequencies of the T-shaped SiO2 micro-cantilevers with total length of 250 μm are 18.86 kHz, 164.27 kHz and 467.25 kHz, respectively, which are well consistent with the simulated values. Moreover, for the same amount of mass change, the higher the flexural resonance mode is, the larger the frequency shift of the micro-cantilever will be, showing an increasing sensitivity. The frequency measurement of gold deposition reveals that the sensitivities of the first three modes are 1.36 Hz/pg, 9.78 Hz/pg and 26.92 Hz/pg, respectively. Immunological reactions are also conducted.It is found that at the second harmonic, a 21.5 pg mass absorption can be detected.
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Journal of Optoelectronics Laser
ISSN: 1005-0086
CN: 12-1182/O4
Year: 2013
Issue: 11
Volume: 24
Page: 2055-2059
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