Gelatin Soft Actuators: Benefits and Opportunities

S Edward, HM Golecki - Actuators, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soft robots are being developed as implantable devices and surgical tools with increasing
frequency. As this happens, new attention needs to be directed at the materials used to …

Acoustic cavitation-induced shear: a mini-review

J Mondal, R Lakkaraju, P Ghosh, M Ashokkumar - Biophysical Reviews, 2021 - Springer
Acoustic cavitation (or the formation of bubbles using acoustic or ultrasound-based devices)
has been extensively exploited for biological applications in the form of bioprocessing and …

Scaling laws for bubble collapse driven by an impulsive shock wave

GT Bokman, L Biasiori-Poulanges… - Journal of Fluid …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Upon interaction with underwater shock waves, bubbles can collapse and produce high-
speed liquid jets in the direction of the wave propagation. This work experimentally …

Dynamics of a bubble-pair between two parallel rigid walls

JA Agha, KMA Manmi, A Dadvand - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The dynamics of two gas bubbles placed side-by-side in liquid between parallel rigid plates
is studied numerically using the multiphase volume of fluid (VOF) model in OpenFOAM. This …

[HTML][HTML] Jetting mechanisms in bubble-pair interactions

B Biller, N Hoppe, S Adami, NA Adams - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Jetting mechanisms in cavitation bubbles play a crucial role in the destructive forces of
cavitation. Depending on the application, these forces can have desirable effects like in …

Spatiotemporal control of micromechanics and microstructure in acoustically-responsive scaffolds using acoustic droplet vaporization

M Aliabouzar, CD Davidson, WY Wang, OD Kripfgans… - Soft matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Acoustically-responsive scaffolds (ARSs), which are composite fibrin hydrogels, have been
used to deliver regenerative molecules. ARSs respond to ultrasound in an on-demand …

[HTML][HTML] Bubble Dynamics in Sustainable Technologies: A Review of Growth, Collapse, and Heat Transfer

FL Rashid, MA Al-Obaidi, AK Hussein, S Ahmad… - Processes, 2024 - mdpi.com
The study of bubble growth and collapse is of great significance in the context of
sustainability due to its influence on numerous energy-related processes and technologies …

Experimental investigation on the interaction of spark-generated array bubbles near a rigid wall

XD Guo, SN Wang, NN Liu, CL Wu, PN Sun… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This study experimentally investigates the interaction of an array of bubbles near a rigid wall.
Three bubbles are simultaneously generated using underwater electric discharges, forming …

Retardant effects of collapsing dynamics of a laser-induced cavitation bubble near a solid wall

X Li, Y Duan, Y Zhang, N Tang, Y Zhang - Symmetry, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the present paper, the dynamic behavior of cavitation bubbles near a wall is
experimentally investigated with a focus on the retardant effects of the wall on the collapsing …

Dynamics of tandem bubble interaction near tissue

J Zhao, J Wang, S Cao - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
A high-fidelity multiphase flow computational model is utilized to investigate the interaction
mechanism between anti-phase tandem bubbles and tissue materials in a free-field …