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 …

Biomedical applications of microfluidic devices: a review

G Gharib, İ Bütün, Z Muganlı, G Kozalak, İ Namlı… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Both passive and active microfluidic chips are used in many biomedical and chemical
applications to support fluid mixing, particle manipulations, and signal detection. Passive …

Extended topological valley-locked surface acoustic waves

JQ Wang, ZD Zhang, SY Yu, H Ge, KF Liu, T Wu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Stable and efficient guided waves are essential for information transmission and processing.
Recently, topological valley-contrasting materials in condensed matter systems have been …

Inertial microfluidics: current status, challenges, and future opportunities

N Xiang, Z Ni - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Inertial microfluidics uses the hydrodynamic effects induced at finite Reynolds numbers to
achieve passive manipulation of particles, cells, or fluids and offers the advantages of high …

Microscale acoustic streaming for biomedical and bioanalytical applications

W Wei, Y Wang, Z Wang, X Duan - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Label-free isolation of exosomes using microfluidic technologies

S Hassanpour Tamrin, A Sanati Nezhad, A Sen - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Exosomes are cell-derived structures packaged with lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. They
exist in diverse bodily fluids and are involved in physiological and pathological processes …

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 …

A solution to the biophysical fractionation of extracellular vesicles: Acoustic Nanoscale Separation via Wave-pillar Excitation Resonance (ANSWER)

J Zhang, C Chen, R Becker, J Rufo, S Yang, J Mai… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
High-precision isolation of small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) from biofluids is essential
toward developing next-generation liquid biopsies and regenerative therapies. However …

Acoustic separation and concentration of exosomes for nucleotide detection: ASCENDx

TD Naquin, AJ Canning, Y Gu, J Chen, CM Naquin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Efficient isolation and analysis of exosomal biomarkers hold transformative potential in
biomedical applications. However, current methods are prone to contamination and require …

A review on microfluidic-assisted nanoparticle synthesis, and their applications using multiscale simulation methods

A Agha, W Waheed, I Stiharu, V Nerguizian… - Discover Nano, 2023 - Springer
Recent years have witnessed an increased interest in the development of nanoparticles
(NPs) owing to their potential use in a wide variety of biomedical applications, including drug …