Sampaolo, AngeloPatimisco, PietroPennetta, RiccardoScamarcio, GaetanoTittel, Frank K.2015-10-292015-10-292015Sampaolo, Angelo, Patimisco, Pietro, Pennetta, Riccardo, et al.. "New approaches in quartz-enhanced photoacoustic sensing." <i>SPIE Proceedingsﾠ,</i> 9370, (2015) SPIE: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2083714.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/81980We report on the design and realization of custom quartz tuning forks with different geometries and sizes aimed to improve the photoacoustic effect in quartz-enhanced photoacoustic (QEPAS) sensor systems. A detailed analysis of the piezoelectric properties in terms of resonance frequencies, quality factors, gas damping was performed.engThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by SPIE.Journal articlequartz tuning forkPiezoelectric effectquartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2083714