Piezoelectric MEMS—Evolution from sensing technology to diversified applications in the 5G/Internet of Things (IoT) era

X Le, Q Shi, P Vachon, EJ Ng… - Journal of Micromechanics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The rapid development of the fifth-generation mobile networks (5G) and Internet of Things
(IoT) is inseparable from a large number of miniature, low-cost, and low-power sensors and …

Recent trends of biomaterials and biosensors for organ-on-chip platforms

IM Gonçalves, RO Rodrigues, AS Moita, T Hori, H Kaji… - Bioprinting, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Organ-on-chip (OoC) platforms are a new class of advanced microfluidic devices
that have been attracting significant attention for drug development since they can allow a …

Acoustofluidics for simultaneous nanoparticle-based drug loading and exosome encapsulation

Z Wang, J Rich, N Hao, Y Gu, C Chen, S Yang… - Microsystems & …, 2022 - nature.com
Nanocarrier and exosome encapsulation has been found to significantly increase the
efficacy of targeted drug delivery while also minimizing unwanted side effects. However, the …

Acoustofluidic interfaces for the mechanobiological secretome of MSCs

Y He, S Yang, P Liu, K Li, K **, R Becker… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
While mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have gained enormous attention due to their unique
properties of self-renewal, colony formation, and differentiation potential, the MSC …

Unconventional acoustic approaches for localized and designed micromanipulation

K Kolesnik, M Xu, PVS Lee, V Rajagopal, DJ Collins - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Acoustic fields are ideal for micromanipulation, being biocompatible and with force gradients
approaching the scale of single cells. They have accordingly found use in a variety of …

Intelligent acoustofluidics enabled mini-bioreactors for human brain organoids

H Cai, Z Ao, Z Wu, S Song, K Mackie, F Guo - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Acoustofluidics, by combining acoustics and microfluidics, provides a unique means to
manipulate cells and liquids for broad applications in biomedical sciences and translational …

Acoustofluidic separation enables early diagnosis of traumatic brain injury based on circulating exosomes

Z Wang, H Wang, R Becker, J Rufo, S Yang… - Microsystems & …, 2021 - nature.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global cause of morbidity and mortality. Initial management
and risk stratification of patients with TBI is made difficult by the relative insensitivity of …

Conformational-switch biosensors as novel tools to support continuous, real-time molecular monitoring in lab-on-a-chip devices

C Parolo, A Idili, J Heikenfeld, KW Plaxco - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent years have seen continued expansion of the functionality of lab on a chip (LOC)
devices. Indeed LOCs now provide scientists and developers with useful and versatile …

Acoustic black hole profiles for high-performance ultrasonic tweezers

P Liu, H Huang, X Wang, Q Tang, X Qi, S Su… - … Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic tweezers have provided significant capabilities for manipulating and handling
objects in fluids across the fields of biomedical engineering, material preparation …

Microfabricated acoustofluidic membrane acoustic waveguide actuator for highly localized in-droplet dynamic particle manipulation

P Vachon, S Merugu, J Sharma, A Lal, EJ Ng, Y Koh… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Precision manipulation techniques in microfluidics often rely on ultrasonic actuators to
generate displacement and pressure fields in a liquid. However, strategies to enhance and …