Acoustic trapping: An emerging tool for microfabrication technology

C Yin, X Jiang, S Mann, L Tian, BW Drinkwater - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

A review on microwell and microfluidic geometric array fabrication techniques and its potential applications in cellular studies

AA Manzoor, L Romita… - The Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to trap precise quantities of cells or particles into confined areas has numerous
applications for biological purposes. In particular, single cell trapping has received …

[HTML][HTML] Independent trapping and manipulation of microparticles using dexterous acoustic tweezers

CRP Courtney, CEM Demore, H Wu… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
An electronically controlled acoustic tweezer was used to demonstrate two acoustic
manipulation phenomena: superposition of Bessel functions to allow independent …

Broadband and stable acoustic vortex emitter with multi-arm coiling slits

X Jiang, J Zhao, S Liu, B Liang, X Zou, J Yang… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We present the analytical design and experimental realization of a scheme based on multi-
arm coiling slits to generate the stable acoustic vortices in a broadband. The proposed …

The importance of travelling wave components in standing surface acoustic wave (SSAW) systems

C Devendran, T Albrecht, J Brenker, T Alan, A Neild - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of ultrasonic fields to manipulate particles, cells and droplets has become
widespread in lab on a chip (LOC) systems. There are two dominant actuation methods, the …

Separation of particles using acoustic streaming and radiation forces in an open microfluidic channel

C Devendran, I Gralinski, A Neild - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2014 - Springer
In this study, a method to separate particles, within a small sample, based on size is
demonstrated using ultrasonic actuation. This is achieved in a fluid, which has been …

Ultrasound noncontact particle manipulation of three-dimensional dynamic user-specified patterns of particles in air

M Prisbrey, B Raeymaekers - Physical Review Applied, 2018 - APS
Ultrasound noncontact particle manipulation (NPM) is based on the acoustic radiation force
associated with an ultrasound wave field, and enables a myriad of engineering applications …

An asymmetric generator of acoustic vortex with high-purity

C Liu, Y Ye, JH Wu - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The asymmetric generation of acoustic vortex refers to the physical characteristics that pass
the generated acoustic vortex in one direction while blocking it in the opposite direction …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound directed self-assembly of three-dimensional user-specified patterns of particles in a fluid medium

M Prisbrey, J Greenhall, F Guevara Vasquez… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We use ultrasound directed self-assembly to organize particles dispersed in a fluid medium
into a three-dimensional (3D) user-specified pattern. The technique employs ultrasound …

Correspondence: Dexterous ultrasonic levitation of millimeter-sized objects in air

SA Seah, BW Drinkwater, T Carter… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Acoustic levitation in air has applications in contactless handling and processing. Here a first-
order Bessel function-shaped acoustic field, generated using an 8-element circular array …