Accurate and high throughput cell sorting is a critical enabling technology in molecular and
cellular biology, biotechnology, and medicine. While conventional methods can provide high …

Acoustic tweezers are gaining increasing attention as a noncontact method that is capable
of handling microparticles and nanoparticles in a controllable manner. By designing the …

The ability to physically manipulate specific cells is critical for the fields of biomedicine,
synthetic biology, and living materials. Ultrasound has the ability to manipulate cells with …

Mechanical phenotyping of single cells is an emerging tool for cell classification, enabling
assessment of effective parameters relating to cells' interior molecular content and structure …

We present a theoretical analysis of the acoustic radiation force on a single small spherical
particle, either a thermoviscous fluid droplet or a thermoelastic solid particle, suspended in a …

Single cell analysis is the measurement of transcription, translation, regulatory, and
signaling events within individual cells at the molecular level. The goal is to analyze and …

There is an unmet clinical need to extract living circulating tumor cells (CTCs) for functional
studies and in vitro expansion to enable drug testing and predict responses to therapy in …

Synthesis of nanoparticles and particulate nanomaterials with tailored properties is a central
step toward many applications ranging from energy conversion and imaging/display to …

As a paradigm shifting player of tissue engineering, organs-on-chips (OOCs) are considered
to hold great potential for future “clinical trials on chip” as well as a step forward to design …

The pivotal role of microfluidic technology in life science and biomedical research is now
widely recognized. Indeed, microfluidics as a research tool is unparalleled in terms of its …