Acoustic tweezers

L Meng, F Cai, F Li, W Zhou, L Niu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Acoustic tweezers are gaining increasing attention as a noncontact method that is capable
of handling microparticles and nanoparticles in a controllable manner. By designing the …

Recent advances in microfluidic technologies for organ-on-a-chip

C Tian, Q Tu, W Liu, J Wang - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) systems were developed by combining microfluidic
technologies and tissue engineering to mimic physiological conditions in the body. OOC …

Anisotropy properties of tissues: a basis for fabrication of biomimetic anisotropic scaffolds for tissue engineering

P Datta, V Vyas, S Dhara, AR Chowdhury… - Journal of Bionic …, 2019 - Springer
Tissue engineering has been a subject of extensive scientific exploration in the last two
decades making gradual inroads into clinical studies as well. Along with regenerative cells …

Sound wave activated nano-sieve (SWANS) for enrichment of nanoparticles

R Habibi, A Neild - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Acoustic actuation is widely used in microfluidic systems as a method of controlling the
behaviour of suspended matter. When acoustic waves impinge on particles, a radiation force …

Self-curing super-stretchable polymer/microgel complex coacervate gels without covalent bond formation

S Wu, M Zhu, D Lu, AH Milani, Q Lian, LA Fielding… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Elastic physical gels are highly desirable because they can be conveniently prepared and
readily shaped. Unfortunately, many elastic physical gels prepared in water require in situ …

Spatiotemporal quantification of acoustic cell patterning using Voronoï tessellation

JPK Armstrong, SA Maynard, IJ Pence, AC Franklin… - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Acoustic patterning using ultrasound standing waves has recently emerged as a potent
biotechnology enabling the remote generation of ordered cell systems. This capability has …

Immunogold FIB‐SEM: Combining Volumetric Ultrastructure Visualization with 3D Biomolecular Analysis to Dissect Cell–Environment Interactions

S Gopal, C Chiappini, JPK Armstrong… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Volumetric imaging techniques capable of correlating structural and functional information
with nanoscale resolution are necessary to broaden the insight into cellular processes within …

Periodic particle arrangements using standing acoustic waves

F Guevara Vasquez, C Mauck - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We determine crystal-like materials that can be fabricated by using a standing acoustic wave
to arrange small particles in a non-viscous liquid resin, which is cured afterwards to keep the …

In situ magnetic alignment and cross-linking of injectable microparticles into centimeter-scale fibers for efficient myoblast alignment and in vivo fiber formation

SW Choi, Y Choi, J Kim - Chemistry of Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
Muscle cell alignment plays an essential key role in the development of parallelly organized
myotubes and the exertion of mechanical functions. Despite remarkable advances in cell …

Acoustic patterning and manipulating microparticles using phononic crystal

H Dai, B Xia, D Yu - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Acoustic microparticles manipulations have attracted significant attention in recent years,
which may have potential applications in the early detection and diagnosis of diseases …