Acoustic microfluidic devices are powerful tools that use sound waves to manipulate micro-
or nanoscale objects or fluids in analytical chemistry and biomedicine. Their simple device …

The application of acoustic and optical waves to exert non-contact forces on microscopic
and mesoscopic objects has grown considerably in importance in the past few decades …

Acoustic tweezers can control target movement through the momentum interaction between
an acoustic wave and an object. This technology has advantages over optical tweezers for …

Acoustical tweezers based on focalized acoustical vortices hold the promise of precise
contactless manipulation of millimeter down to submicrometer particles, microorganisms …

Ultrasound (US) can modulate the electrical activity of the excitable tissues, but the
mechanisms underlying this effect are not understood at the molecular level or in terms of …

Ultrasound is extensively studied for biomedical engineering applications. As the core part
of the ultrasonic system, the ultrasound transducer plays a significant role. For the purpose …

In life sciences, the material properties of suspended cells have attained significance close
to that of fluorescent markers but with the advantage of label-free and unbiased sample …

Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers have shown great potential in biomedical applications
due to their high acoustic-to-electric conversion efficiency and large power capacity. The …

The pivotal role of microfluidic technology in life science and biomedical research is now
widely recognized. Indeed, microfluidics as a research tool is unparalleled in terms of its …

Ultrasound was developed several decades ago as a useful imaging modality, and it
became the second most popular diagnostic tool due to its non-invasiveness, real-time …