Piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials and structures for energy harvesting applications

CR Bowen, HA Kim, PM Weaver, S Dunn - Energy & Environmental …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review provides a detailed overview of the energy harvesting technologies associated
with piezoelectric materials along with the closely related sub-classes of pyroelectrics and …

Ultrasonically propelled micro‐and nanorobots

J Li, CC Mayorga‐Martinez, CD Ohl… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound at sufficiently low amplitudes, specifically in the MHz frequency range, does little
harm to the biological samples (such as cells and tissues) and provides an advantageous …

Microscale acoustofluidics: Microfluidics driven via acoustics and ultrasonics

J Friend, LY Yeo - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
This article reviews acoustic microfluidics: the use of acoustic fields, principally ultrasonics,
for application in microfluidics. Although acoustics is a classical field, its promising, and …

Optical coherence elastography in ophthalmology

MA Kirby, I Pelivanov, S Song… - … of biomedical optics, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Optical coherence elastography (OCE) can provide clinically valuable information based on
local measurements of tissue stiffness. Improved light sources and scanning methods in …

An overview of elastography-an emerging branch of medical imaging

A Sarvazyan, TJ Hall, MW Urban… - Current Medical …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
From times immemorial manual palpation served as a source of information on the state of
soft tissues and allowed detection of various diseases accompanied by changes in tissue …

Holograms to focus arbitrary ultrasonic fields through the skull

S Jiménez-Gambín, N Jiménez, JM Benlloch… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
We report three-dimensional (3D)-printed acoustic holographic lenses for the formation of
ultrasonic fields of complex spatial distribution inside the skull. Using holographic lenses, we …

Ultrasound, liposomes, and drug delivery: principles for using ultrasound to control the release of drugs from liposomes

A Schroeder, J Kost, Y Barenholz - Chemistry and physics of lipids, 2009 - Elsevier
Ultrasound is used in many medical applications, such as imaging, blood flow analysis,
dentistry, liposuction, tumor and fibroid ablation, and kidney stone disruption. In the past, low …

Magnetic nanoparticles: from fabrication to clinical applications

NTK Thanh - 2012 - books.google.com
Offering the latest information in magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) research, Magnetic
Nanoparticles: From Fabrication to Clinical Applications provides a comprehensive review …

Role of acoustic cavitation in the delivery and monitoring of cancer treatment by high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)

CC Coussios, CH Farny, G Ter Haar… - International journal of …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Acoustic cavitation has been shown to play a key role in a wide array of novel therapeutic
ultrasound applications. This paper presents a brief discussion of the physics of thermally …

Acoustic holographic rendering with two-dimensional metamaterial-based passive phased array

Y Xie, C Shen, W Wang, J Li, D Suo, BI Popa, Y Jing… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Acoustic holographic rendering in complete analogy with optical holography are useful for
various applications, ranging from multi-focal lensing, multiplexed sensing and synthesizing …