page 156 Abstract: Already proven in a wide array of industrial applications, surface acoustic wave devices (SAWs) also have been demonstrated to hold substantial potential in the biosensor arena. Currently, SAW resonators coated with a biolayer can distinguish specific biomolecules in both liquid and vapor phases. By incorporating periodic perturbations in the design of SAW delay line, we were...

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