3D multispheroid assembly strategies towards tissue engineering and disease modeling

T Zhu, Y Hu, H Cui, H Cui - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Cell spheroids (esp. organoids) as 3D culture platforms are popular models for representing
cell–cell and cell–extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions, bridging the gap between 2D cell …

Multi‐dimensional micro/nanorobots with collective behaviors

B Wang, Y Lu - SmartMat, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the collective behavior of micro/nanorobots has shown unprecedented potential in
biomedicine and environmental remediation. Collective behavior can work more efficiently …

Acoustofluidic tweezers via ring resonance

X Xu, K Jin, K Yang, R Zhong, M Liu, W Collyer… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Ring resonator (RR) devices are closed-loop waveguides where waves circulate only at the
resonant frequencies. They have been used in sensor technology and optical tweezers, but …

Inverse‐Design Methodology for Generating Twisted Ultrasonic Motor in Free Space

C Zhang, J He, X Jiang, D Ta - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A new level of freedom is made possible by orbital angular momentum (OAM), which can be
used to create twisted ultrasonic motors for particle manipulation and control. For steady and …

Acoustic virtual 3D scaffold for direct-interacting tumor organoid–immune cell coculture systems

H Shan, M Chen, S Zhao, X Wei, M Zheng, Y Li… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture has revolutionized life sciences, particularly in organoid
technologies. Traditional bioscaffold materials, however, complicate the detachment of …

Sound innovations for biofabrication and tissue engineering

M Wu, Z Ma, Z Tian, JT Rich, X He, J Xia, Y He… - Microsystems & …, 2024 - nature.com
Advanced biofabrication techniques can create tissue-like constructs that can be applied for
reconstructive surgery or as in vitro three-dimensional (3D) models for disease modeling …

Ultrasound-assisted tissue engineering

K Melde, AG Athanassiadis, D Missirlis, M Shi… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Combining cells, biomaterials and bioactive factors with biophysical cues to engineer cell
and tissue constructs can address various applications, such as regenerative and …

Nonlocal inverse design of an ultrasonic lens for underwater manipulation of orbital angular momentum

C Zhang, F Dai, X Jiang, D Ta - Physical Review Applied, 2024 - APS
Acoustic orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams hold potential for underwater
communications, particle manipulation, and biomedical applications. However, adapting air …

Object Rotation and Translation for Serial Planar Acoustic Microassembly

M Naik, E Diller - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Damage-prone microscale products that need to be mass-assembled, such as surface
mount devices, would benefit from being assembled in mid-air using acoustic forces. These …

Vision-Based Closed-Loop Control With Spatiotemporal Multiplexing Strategy for Noncontact Trapping of Multiple Micro-Particles

M Wang, J Li, C Zhong, T Li, Z Sun… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Noncontact trapping of micro objects has great application potential in fields like material
science and biomedical engineering due to its label-freeness and biocompatibility. In this …