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All configurations share the common feature of analyzing the transmission characteristic of the propagating SAW. In this paper, a novel SAW-based impedance sensor type is introduced which uses only one interdigital transducer (IDT), simultaneously as the SAW generator and the sensor element. Here, the input port reflection coefficient S11 is measured at the IDT instead of the commonly used S21 transmission forward gain parameter. Thus, a sharp and distinct peak of the S11 spectrum is obtained, enabling a comfortable direct readout of the sensor signal. Proof of the concept was gained by analyzing the specific binding of the 4-mercaptophenylacetic acid gold nanoparticles (MPA\u2013AuNP) directly to the IDT surface. The corresponding binding kinetic of the MPA\u2013AuNP on the functionalized gold surface has been analyzed and a sensitivity of 7.4 m\u2126 nM\u22121 has been determined.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s17122931","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,12,19]],"date-time":"2017-12-19T03:54:32Z","timestamp":1513655672000},"page":"2931","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Single Interdigital Transducer Approach for Gravimetrical SAW Sensor Applications in Liquid Environments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Vu","family":"Nguyen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1194-5192","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Corinna","family":"Kaulen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and JARA-Fundamentals of Future Information Technologies, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ulrich","family":"Simon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and JARA-Fundamentals of Future Information Technologies, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2251-0605","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Uwe","family":"Schnakenberg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering 1, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,12,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hashimoto, K. 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