Acoustic tweezers are a versatile set of tools that use sound waves to manipulate
bioparticles ranging from nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles to millimeter-sized …

The present review (with 205 refs.) addresses the need for microdevices, presents the basic
microfluidic equations and describes the relevant numerical and experimental approaches …

Microfluidic devices have attracted increasing attention in the fields of biomedical
diagnostics, food safety control, environmental protection, and animal epidemic prevention …

Acoustic actuation of fluids at small scales may finally enable a comprehensive lab-on-a-
chip revolution in microfluidics, overcoming long-standing difficulties in fluid and particle …

Acoustic fields are ideal for micromanipulation, being biocompatible and with force gradients
approaching the scale of single cells. They have accordingly found use in a variety of …

Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) has become an essential technique widely
exploited in biological studies and clinical applications. However, current FACS systems are …

Acoustic tweezers use ultrasound for contact-free manipulation of particles from millimeter to
sub-micrometer scale. Particle trapping is usually associated with either radiation forces or …

We present an acoustically actuated microfluidic mixer, which can operate at flowrates
reaching 8 ml min− 1, providing a 50-fold improvement in throughput compared to …

In this paper, numerical simulations are carried out to analyze the mixing performance and
pressure drop of water and ethyl alcohol in a spiral micromixer for Reynolds number in the …

The rapid achievement of a desirable mixing level at microscales is one of the most
challenging aspects of microfluidic systems, whereby micromixers could open the door to …