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 …

Over the past few decades, acoustofluidics, one of the branches of microfluidics, has rapidly
developed as a multidisciplinary cutting edge research topic, covering many biomedical and …

Focused ultrasound has been shown to stimulate excitable cells, but the biophysical
mechanisms behind this phenomenon remain poorly understood. To provide additional …

Background: Extracellular vesicles, including exosomes, are secreted by a variety of cell
types in the central nervous system. Exosomes play a role in removing intracellular materials …

Externally controlling the excitation of a neuronal subset through ion channels activation can
modulate the firing pattern of an entire neural circuit in vivo. As nanovalves in the cell …

Acoustic tweezers are gaining increasing attention as a noncontact method that is capable
of handling microparticles and nanoparticles in a controllable manner. By designing the …

For more than 70 years, acoustic waves have been used to screen, diagnose, and treat
patients in hundreds of medical devices. The biocompatible nature of acoustic waves, their …

Detection of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of tumour
metastasis and evaluation of therapeutic effect on prognosis. The low number of the CTCs …

Sonoporation is a targeted drug delivery technique that employs cavitation microbubbles to
generate transient pores in the cell membrane, allowing foreign substances to enter cells by …

Ultrasound constitutes a powerful means for materials processing. Similarly, a new field has
emerged demonstrating the possibility for harnessing sound energy sources at considerably …