Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences

A Ozcelik, J Rufo, F Guo, Y Gu, P Li, J Lata, TJ Huang - Nature methods, 2018 - nature.com
Acoustic tweezers are a versatile set of tools that use sound waves to manipulate
bioparticles ranging from nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles to millimeter-sized …

Label-free microfluidic cell sorting and detection for rapid blood analysis

N Lu, HM Tay, C Petchakup, L He, L Gong, KK Maw… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Blood tests are considered as standard clinical procedures to screen for markers of diseases
and health conditions. However, the complex cellular background (> 99.9% RBCs) and …

Acoustofluidic separation of cells and particles

M Wu, A Ozcelik, J Rufo, Z Wang, R Fang… - Microsystems & …, 2019 - nature.com
Acoustofluidics, the integration of acoustics and microfluidics, is a rapidly growing research
field that is addressing challenges in biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, and …

Field-free isolation of exosomes from extracellular vesicles by microfluidic viscoelastic flows

C Liu, J Guo, F Tian, N Yang, F Yan, Y Ding, JY Wei… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Exosomes, molecular cargos secreted by almost all mammalian cells, are considered as
promising biomarkers to identify many diseases including cancers. However, the small size …

A review of sorting, separation and isolation of cells and microbeads for biomedical applications: microfluidic approaches

A Dalili, E Samiei, M Hoorfar - Analyst, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Several biomedical analyses are performed on particular types of cells present in body
samples or using functionalized microparticles. Success in such analyses depends on the …

Recent microfluidic advances in submicron to nanoparticle manipulation and separation

S Hettiarachchi, H Cha, L Ouyang, A Mudugamuwa… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Manipulation and separation of submicron and nanoparticles are indispensable in many
chemical, biological, medical, and environmental applications. Conventional technologies …

Recent advances in acoustofluidic separation technology in biology

Y Fan, X Wang, J Ren, F Lin, J Wu - Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 2022 - nature.com
Acoustofluidic separation of cells and particles is an emerging technology that integrates
acoustics and microfluidics. In the last decade, this technology has attracted significant …

Multiphysics microfluidics for cell manipulation and separation: a review

H Cha, H Fallahi, Y Dai, D Yuan, H An, NT Nguyen… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multiphysics microfluidics, which combines multiple functional physical processes in a
microfluidics platform, is an emerging research area that has attracted increasing interest for …

Basic principles and recent advances in magnetic cell separation

M Frenea-Robin, J Marchalot - Magnetochemistry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Magnetic cell separation has become a key methodology for the isolation of target cell
populations from biological suspensions, covering a wide spectrum of applications from …

Surface acoustic wave devices for chemical sensing and microfluidics: a review and perspective

DB Go, MZ Atashbar, Z Ramshani, HC Chang - Analytical methods, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are electro-mechanical waves that form on the surface of
piezoelectric crystals. Because they are easy to construct and operate, SAW devices have …