The Sauerbrey equation was developed by Prof. Dr. Günter Sauerbrey from Tiefenort, Germany, in 1959, as a method for correlating changes in the oscillation frequency of a piezoelectric crystal with the mass deposited on it.
The Sauerbrey equation was developed by Prof. Dr. Günter Sauerbrey from Tiefenort, Germany, in 1959, while working on his doctoral thesis at the University of Berlin. It is a method for correlating changes in the oscillation frequency of a piezoelectric crystal with the mass deposited on it.