Acoustic tweezers provide an effective means for manipulating single cells and particles in a
high-throughput, precise, selective and contact-free manner. The adoption of acoustic …

Exosomes are nanoscale extracellular vesicles carrying various cargos, which play a
significant rule in intercellular communication, disease diagnosis and treatment …

Acoustic tweezers are a versatile set of tools that use sound waves to manipulate
bioparticles ranging from nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles to millimeter-sized …

Acoustofluidics, the integration of acoustics and microfluidics, is a rapidly growing research
field that is addressing challenges in biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, and …

Evaporation of sessile droplets containing non-volatile solutes dispersed in a volatile solvent
leaves behind ring-like solid stains. As the volatile species evaporates, pinning of the …

Phononic crystals (PnCs) control the transport of sound and heat similar to the control of
electric currents by semiconductors and metals or light by photonic crystals. Basic and …

Recently, piezoelectric thin films including zinc oxide (ZnO) and aluminium nitride (AlN)
have found a broad range of lab-on-chip applications such as biosensing, particle/cell …

Acoustic microfluidic devices are powerful tools that use sound waves to manipulate micro-
or nanoscale objects or fluids in analytical chemistry and biomedicine. Their simple device …

Exosomes, molecular cargos secreted by almost all mammalian cells, are considered as
promising biomarkers to identify many diseases including cancers. However, the small size …

As one of the most promising electrochemical energy storage systems, aqueous batteries
are attracting great interest due to their advantages of high safety, high sustainability, and …