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For example, the A01 mode is very sensitive to the liquid\u2019s density but the A03 mode is sensitive to the sound velocity. Here, the A0 mode is used to identify the density of the detected liquid and with this density value we obtained the viscosity by the amplitude shifts of the S0 mode. This could be a way to distinguish an unknown liquid with high sensitivity or to solve the problem of selectivity of label-free detection on biosensors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s120810369","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,31]],"date-time":"2012-07-31T10:44:19Z","timestamp":1343731459000},"page":"10369-10380","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["A Multi-Parameter Decoupling Method with a Lamb Wave Sensor for Improving the Selectivity of Label-Free Liquid Detection"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Lianqun","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China"},{"name":"Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, Universit\u00e9 de Franche-Comt\u00e9, Besan\u00e7on 25044, France"}]},{"given":"Yihui","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China"}]},{"given":"Ming","family":"Xuan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215163, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China"}]},{"given":"Jean-Fran\u00e7ois","family":"Manceau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, Universit\u00e9 de Franche-Comt\u00e9, Besan\u00e7on 25044, France"}]},{"given":"Fran\u00e7ois","family":"Bastien","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute FEMTO-ST, CNRS, Universit\u00e9 de Franche-Comt\u00e9, Besan\u00e7on 25044, France"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"606","DOI":"10.1016\/j.snb.2009.10.010","article-title":"Recent developments on ZnO films for acoustic wave based bio-sensing and microfluidic applications: A review","volume":"143","author":"Fu","year":"2010","journal-title":"Sens. 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