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 …

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors: Physics, materials, and applications

D Mandal, S Banerjee - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are the guided waves that propagate along the top surface
of a material with wave vectors orthogonal to the normal direction to the surface. Based on …

Isolation of exosomes from whole blood by integrating acoustics and microfluidics

M Wu, Y Ouyang, Z Wang, R Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Exosomes are nanoscale extracellular vesicles that play an important role in many
biological processes, including intercellular communications, antigen presentation, and the …

Microfluidic cell sorting: a review of the advances in the separation of cells from debulking to rare cell isolation

CW Shields Iv, CD Reyes, GP López - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Accurate and high throughput cell sorting is a critical enabling technology in molecular and
cellular biology, biotechnology, and medicine. While conventional methods can provide high …

Acoustic separation of circulating tumor cells

P Li, Z Mao, Z Peng, L Zhou, Y Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are important targets for cancer biology studies. To further
elucidate the role of CTCs in cancer metastasis and prognosis, effective methods for …

Acoustofluidic separation of cells and particles

M Wu, A Ozcelik, J Rufo, Z Wang, R Fang… - Microsystems & …, 2019 - nature.com
Acoustofluidics, the integration of acoustics and microfluidics, is a rapidly growing research
field that is addressing challenges in biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, and …

Acoustic microbubble propulsion, train-like assembly and cargo transport

J Janiak, Y Li, Y Ferry, AA Doinikov, D Ahmed - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Achieving controlled mobility of microparticles in viscous fluids can become pivotal in
biologics, biotechniques, and biomedical applications. The self-assembly, trap**, and …

Progress in microfluidics‐based exosome separation and detection technologies for diagnostic applications

S Lin, Z Yu, D Chen, Z Wang, J Miao, Q Li, D Zhang… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Exosomes are secreted by most cell types and circulate in body fluids. Recent studies have
revealed that exosomes play a significant role in intercellular communication and are closely …

Acoustic purification of extracellular microvesicles

K Lee, H Shao, R Weissleder, H Lee - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
Microvesicles (MVs) are an increasingly important source for biomarker discovery and
clinical diagnostics. The small size of MVs and their presence in complex biological …

The Yin and Yang of exosome isolation methods: conventional practice, microfluidics, and commercial kits

SZ Shire**i, F Inci - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Exosomes are a subset of extracellular vesicles released from various cells, and they can be
found in different bodily fluids. Exosomes have been utilized as biomarkers to diagnose …