A flexural plate wave sensor array includes a substrate, and a plurality of flexural plate wave sensors, each sensor including a cavity formed in the substrate, a thin film membrane layer spanning the cavity, a piezoelectric layer disposed on the thin film membrane layer, a transducer disposed on the piezoelectric layer and an absorptive coating disposed on said thin film membrane layer within the cavity. The cavity of each of the sensors includes interior walls which are substantially parallel to each other and to the interior walls of adjacent sensors.