New horizons in developing cell lysis methods: A review

M Danaeifar - Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cell lysis is an essential step in many studies related to biology and medicine. Based on the
scale and medium that cell lysis is carried out, there are three main types of the cell lysis:(1) …

[HTML][HTML] Manipulation with sound and vibration: A review on the micromanipulation system based on sub-MHz acoustic waves

Y Liu, Q Yin, Y Luo, Z Huang, Q Cheng, W Zhang… - Ultrasonics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Manipulation of micro-objects have been playing an essential role in biochemical analysis
or clinical diagnostics. Among the diverse technologies for micromanipulation, acoustic …

Bubbles in microfluidics: An all-purpose tool for micromanipulation

Y Li, X Liu, Q Huang, AT Ohta, T Arai - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, the integration of microfluidic devices and multiple actuation technologies
at the microscale has greatly contributed to the progress of related fields. In particular …

Tomographic imaging flow cytometry

A Kleiber, D Kraus, T Henkel, W Fritzsche - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Within the last decades, conventional flow cytometry (FC) has evolved as a powerful
measurement method in clinical diagnostics, biology, life sciences and healthcare. Imaging …

Review of bubble applications in microrobotics: propulsion, manipulation, and assembly

Y Zhou, L Dai, N Jiao - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, microbubbles have been widely used in the field of microrobots due to their
unique properties. Microbubbles can be easily produced and used as power sources or …

Universal control for micromotor swarms with a hybrid sonoelectrode

X Lu, Y Wei, H Ou, C Zhao, L Shi, W Liu - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Enabled by active motion of microrobots, conventional biological detection and chemical
analyses limited by passive diffusion can be significantly enhanced with fast testing speed …

On-chip integrated optical stretching and electrorotation enabling single-cell biophysical analysis

L Huang, F Liang, Y Feng, P Zhao… - Microsystems & …, 2020 - nature.com
Cells have different intrinsic markers such as mechanical and electrical properties, which
may be used as specific characteristics. Here, we present a microfluidic chip configured with …

[HTML][HTML] Rotation of biological cells: fundamentals and applications

T Tang, Y Hosokawa, T Hayakawa, Y Tanaka, W Li… - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell rotation is one of the most important techniques for cell manipulation in modern
bioscience, as it not only permits cell observation from any arbitrary angle, but also simplifies …

Acoustic streaming‐induced multimodal locomotion of bubble‐based microrobots

N Mahkam, A Aghakhani, D Sheehan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Acoustically‐driven bubbles at the micron scale can generate strong microstreaming flows in
its surrounding fluidic medium. The tunable acoustic streaming strength of oscillating …

An overview of recent progress in micro/nanorobots for biomedical applications

M Li, X Hu, Y Zhao, N Jiao - Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Micro/nanorobots are the general terms for microrobot and nanorobot, whose sizes are often
between 1 nm and 1 mm. They can convert a variety of external energy sources into …