This article reviews acoustic microfluidics: the use of acoustic fields, principally ultrasonics,
for application in microfluidics. Although acoustics is a classical field, its promising, and …

The technique of acoustic levitation normally produces a standing wave and the potential
well of the sound field can be used to trap small objects. Since no solid surface is involved it …

A capillary surface is an interface between two fluids whose shape is determined primarily
by surface tension. Sessile drops, liquid bridges, rivulets, and liquid drops on fibers are all …

We investigate the atomization behavior of a droplet subjected to ultrasonic substrate
vibration experimentally. High-speed imaging is employed to quantify the average …

A sessile droplet partially wets a planar solid support. We study the linear stability of this
spherical-cap base state to disturbances whose three-phase contact line is (i) pinned,(ii) …

Natural oscillations of sessile drops with a free or pinned contact line in different gravity
environments are studied based on a linear inviscid irrotational theory. The inviscid Navier …

Steady streaming from oscillating microbubbles is a powerful actuating mechanism in
microfluidics, enjoying increased use due to its simplicity of manufacture, ease of integration …

An inviscid spherical liquid drop held by surface tension exhibits linear oscillations of a
characteristic frequency and mode shape (Rayleigh oscillations). If the drop is pinned on a …

In this work, we study the resonance behavior of mechanically oscillated, sessile water
drops. By mechanically oscillating sessile drops vertically and within prescribed ranges of …

We consider theoretically the dynamics of an oscillated sessile drop of incompressible liquid
and focus on the contact line hysteresis. We address the situation of the small-amplitude and …