Microscale acoustofluidics: Microfluidics driven via acoustics and ultrasonics

J Friend, LY Yeo - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
This article reviews acoustic microfluidics: the use of acoustic fields, principally ultrasonics,
for application in microfluidics. Although acoustics is a classical field, its promising, and …

Principles and droplet size distributions of various spraying methods: A review

S Park, K Park - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2022 - Springer
Spraying refers to the process of forming small droplets of a liquid and dispersing them in air
or on the surface of an object. Spraying is ubiquitous because it enables a liquid widely and …

Aerosol enrichment of the surfactant PFO and mediation of the water− air transport of gaseous PFOA

CJ McMurdo, DA Ellis, E Webster, J Butler… - … science & technology, 2008 - ACS Publications
Aerosol-mediated transport of perfluorooctanoate (PFO) from a water body to the
atmosphere and the subsequent emission of gas-phase perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was …

Dynamics of ultrasonic atomization of droplets

P Deepu, C Peng, S Moghaddam - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2018 - Elsevier
We investigate the atomization behavior of a droplet subjected to ultrasonic substrate
vibration experimentally. High-speed imaging is employed to quantify the average …

Development and evaluation of an ultrasonic humidifier to control humidity in a cold storage room for postharvest quality management of dates

M Mohammed, N Alqahtani, H El-Shafie - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dates are subjected to postharvest losses in quality and quantity caused by water loss,
fermentation, insect infestation, and microbial spoilage during storage. Cold storage is the …

Ultrasonic atomization amount for different frequencies

K Yasuda, H Honma, Z Xu, Y Asakura… - Japanese Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The mass flow rate of ultrasonic atomization was estimated by measuring the vaporization
amount from a bulk liquid with a fountain. The effects of ultrasonic frequency and intensity on …

Experimental investigation on the spray characteristics of a droplet under sinusoidal inertial force

F Liu, N Kang, Y Li, Q Wu - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
The fuel spray seriously affects the combustion efficiency and emission performance in the
internal combustion engines. Due to the turbulent motion with strong transience and …

Experimental investigation on the atomization of a spherical droplet induced by Faraday instability

F Liu, N Kang, Y Li, Q Wu - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Faraday instability plays an important role to realize liquid atomization which has been
widely applied in various fields. The spherical Faraday instability has different characteristics …

Using ultrasonic atomization to produce an aerosol of micron-scale particles

TD Donnelly, J Hogan, A Mugler… - Review of scientific …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
A device that uses ultrasonic atomization of a liquid to produce an aerosol of micron-scale
droplets is described. This device represents a new approach to producing targets relevant …

Tibetan singing bowls

D Terwagne, JWM Bush - Nonlinearity, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of an experimental investigation of the acoustics and fluid dynamics
of Tibetan singing bowls. Their acoustic behaviour is rationalized in terms of the related …