Acoustofluidics for biomedical applications

J Rufo, F Cai, J Friend, M Wiklund… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2022 - nature.com
Acoustofluidic technologies utilize acoustic waves to manipulate fluids and particles within
fluids, all in a contact-free and biocompatible manner. Over the past decade, acoustofluidic …

Microfluidic isolation and enrichment of nanoparticles

Y Xie, J Rufo, R Zhong, J Rich, P Li, KW Leong… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Over the past decades, nanoparticles have increased in implementation to a variety of
applications ranging from high-efficiency electronics to targeted drug delivery. Recently …

A robot-assisted acoustofluidic end effector

J Durrer, P Agrawal, A Ozgul, SCF Neuhauss… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid manipulation is the foundation of most laboratory processes. For macroscale liquid
handling, both do-it-yourself and commercial robotic systems are available; however, for …

Acoustofluidic micromixers: From rational design to lab-on-a-chip applications

Z Chen, L Shen, X Zhao, H Chen, Y Xiao, Y Zhang… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microfluidics that permits to manipulate fluids at the micrometer or submicrometer scale
offers fundamentally new opportunities in chemical and biomedical engineering. The past …

Acoustic microreactors for chemical engineering

Z Chen, Z Pei, X Zhao, J Zhang, J Wei, N Hao - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acoustic microreactors that function with acoustics to drive reactant fluids at the microscale
make a comprehensive lab-on-a-chip revolution in chemical engineering. Compared to …

Sharp-edge acoustic microfluidics: Principles, structures, and applications

Z Chen, P Liu, X Zhao, L Huang, Y Xiao, Y Zhang… - Applied Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of microfluidic devices for lab-on-a-chip applications has largely been
limited by a lack of flexible control and intensive mixing. The fusion of acoustics and …

An acoustofluidic device for efficient mixing over a wide range of flow rates

H Bachman, C Chen, J Rufo, S Zhao, S Yang, Z Tian… - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Whether reagents and samples need to be combined to achieve a desired reaction, or
precise concentrations of solutions need to be mixed and delivered downstream, thorough …

Universal control for micromotor swarms with a hybrid sonoelectrode

X Lu, Y Wei, H Ou, C Zhao, L Shi, W Liu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Enabled by active motion of microrobots, conventional biological detection and chemical
analyses limited by passive diffusion can be significantly enhanced with fast testing speed …

Acoustofluidic methods in cell analysis

Y Xie, H Bachman, TJ Huang - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Cellular analysis is a central concept for both biology and medicine. Over the past two
decades, acoustofluidic technologies, which marry acoustic waves with microfluidics, have …

Pumpless deterministic lateral displacement separation using a paper capillary wick

B Aghajanloo, F Ejeian, F Frascella, SL Marasso… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) is a passive separation method that separates
particles by hydrodynamic size. This label-free method is a promising technique for cell …