[HTML][HTML] Advances in piezoelectric thin films for acoustic biosensors, acoustofluidics and lab-on-chip applications

YQ Fu, JK Luo, NT Nguyen, AJ Walton… - Progress in Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Surface acoustic wave microfluidics

LY Yeo, JR Friend - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Fluid manipulations at the microscale and beyond are powerfully enabled through the use of
10–1,000-MHz acoustic waves. A superior alternative in many cases to other microfluidic …

[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 …

Flexible surface acoustic wave resonators built on disposable plastic film for electronics and lab-on-a-chip applications

H **, J Zhou, X He, W Wang, H Guo, S Dong… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Flexible electronics are a very promising technology for various applications. Several types
of flexible devices have been developed, but there has been limited research on flexible …

[HTML][HTML] Review of fabrication of SAW sensors on flexible substrates: Challenges and future

S Qureshi, M Hanif, V Jeoti, GM Stojanovic… - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Surface acoustic waves sensors are based on piezoelectric materials. These sensors are
the best choice for sensing purposes due to their unprecedented accuracy. SAW sensors …

High performance AlScN thin film based surface acoustic wave devices with large electromechanical coupling coefficient

W Wang, PM Mayrhofer, X He, M Gillinger, Z Ye… - Applied physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
AlN and AlScN thin films with 27% scandium (Sc) were synthesized by DC magnetron
sputtering deposition and used to fabricate surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices …

[HTML][HTML] Oxygen effect on structural and optical properties of ZnO thin films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering

B Abdallah, AK Jazmati, R Refaai - Materials Research, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
ZnO thin films with wurtzite structure have been grown on Si (100) and glass substrates
using radio frequency (rf) magnetron sputtering at room temperature. The ZnO thin films …

[HTML][HTML] Optical and structural study of ZnO thin films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering at different thicknesses: a comparison with single crystal

AK Jazmati, B Abdallah - Materials Research, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Optical characterizations of preferred orientation (002) ZnO thin films, prepared by RF
magnetron sputtering under pure argon plasma, with different thicknesses have been …

High sensitivity humidity sensors using flexible surface acoustic wave devices made on nanocrystalline ZnO/polyimide substrates

XL He, DJ Li, J Zhou, WB Wang, WP Xuan… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible ZnO/polyimide surface acoustic wave (SAW) based humidity sensors were
fabricated and their performances were investigated. ZnO films deposited on polyimide …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of surface acoustic wave-enabled acoustic droplet ejection technology and its applications

J Ning, Y Lei, H Hu, C Gai - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on the development of surface acoustic wave-enabled acoustic drop
ejection (SAW-ADE) technology, which utilizes surface acoustic waves to eject droplets from …