title: Mass/thickness detector employing inexpensive integrated circuits.
abstract: Modern integrated circuits have made possible the construction of a simple and inexpensive quartz crystal mass/thickness monitor having high sensitivity and good resolution. We have constructed such a thickness monitor having a resolution of 0.1 nm for evaporated lead films. This same device can also be readily made to function as a microbalance capable of resolving mass changes as small as 1 ng.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Ashworth
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Shacklette