The recent introduction of surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology onto lab-on-a-chip
platforms has opened a new frontier in microfluidics. The advantages provided by such SAW …

Acoustic actuation of fluids at small scales may finally enable a comprehensive lab-on-a-
chip revolution in microfluidics, overcoming long-standing difficulties in fluid and particle …

Fluid manipulations at the microscale and beyond are powerfully enabled through the use of
10–1,000-MHz acoustic waves. A superior alternative in many cases to other microfluidic …

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 …

On-chip manipulation of micro-objects has long been sought to facilitate fundamental
biological studies and point-of-care diagnostic systems. In recent years, research on surface …

Micrometer-scale acoustic waves are highly useful for refined optomechanical and
acoustofluidic manipulation, where these fields are spatially localized along the transducer …

The emerging field of droplet microfluidics requires effective on-chip handling and sorting of
droplets. In this work, we demonstrate a microfluidic device that is capable of sorting picoliter …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201400091 droplet actuation,[8–10] atomization,[11] water-in-oil
emulsions,[12] and pumping in closed microchannels via acoustic counterflow.[13, 14] …

The high throughput deposition of microscale objects with precise spatial arrangement
represents a key step in microfabrication technology. This can be done by creating physical …

The use of acoustic radiation forces in lab-on-a-chip environments has seen a rapid
development in recent years. Operations such as particle sieving, sorting and …