Acoustofluidics for biomedical applications

J Rufo, F Cai, J Friend, M Wiklund… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2022 - nature.com
Acoustofluidic technologies utilize acoustic waves to manipulate fluids and particles within
fluids, all in a contact-free and biocompatible manner. Over the past decade, acoustofluidic …

A review on microfluidic-assisted nanoparticle synthesis, and their applications using multiscale simulation methods

A Agha, W Waheed, I Stiharu, V Nerguizian… - Discover Nano, 2023 - Springer
Recent years have witnessed an increased interest in the development of nanoparticles
(NPs) owing to their potential use in a wide variety of biomedical applications, including drug …

[HTML][HTML] A review on micromixers

G Cai, L Xue, H Zhang, J Lin - Micromachines, 2017 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic devices have attracted increasing attention in the fields of biomedical
diagnostics, food safety control, environmental protection, and animal epidemic prevention …

An overview on state-of-art of micromixer designs, characteristics and applications

X Wang, Z Liu, B Wang, Y Cai, Q Song - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Micromixers are characterized based on characteristics such as excellent mixing efficiency,
low reagent cost and flexible controllability compared with conventional reactors in terms of …

Nanomaterials synthesis through microfluidic methods: An updated overview

AG Niculescu, C Chircov, AC Bîrcă, AM Grumezescu - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic devices emerged due to an interdisciplinary “collision” between chemistry,
physics, biology, fluid dynamics, microelectronics, and material science. Such devices can …

Micro/nano acoustofluidics: materials, phenomena, design, devices, and applications

W Connacher, N Zhang, A Huang, J Mei, S Zhang… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Mixing in microfluidic devices and enhancement methods

K Ward, ZH Fan - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Mixing in microfluidic devices presents a challenge due to laminar flows in microchannels,
which result from low Reynolds numbers determined by the channel's hydraulic diameter …

[HTML][HTML] Methodologies, technologies, and strategies for acoustic streaming-based acoustofluidics

M Stringer, Z Zeng, X Zhang, Y Chai, W Li… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Acoustofluidics offers contact-free manipulation of particles and fluids, enabling their uses in
various life sciences, such as for biological and medical applications. Recently, there have …

Functional microfluidics: theory, microfabrication, and applications

M **e, Z Zhan, Y Li, J Zhao, C Zhang… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Microfluidic devices are composed of microchannels with a diameter ranging from ten to a
few hundred micrometers. Thus, quite a small (10− 9–10− 18 l) amount of liquid can be …

[HTML][HTML] Neutrophil-inspired propulsion in a combined acoustic and magnetic field

D Ahmed, T Baasch, N Blondel, N Läubli, J Dual… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Systems capable of precise motion in the vasculature can offer exciting possibilities
for applications in targeted therapeutics and non-invasive surgery. So far, the majority of the …