Acoustic levitation in mid-air: Recent advances, challenges, and future perspectives

MAB Andrade, A Marzo, JC Adamowski - Applied Physics Letters, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Mid-air acoustic levitation is becoming a powerful tool to suspend and manipulate millimetric
objects. Because of its unique characteristics, acoustic levitation is suitable to trap a wide …

High-speed acoustic holography with arbitrary scattering objects

R Hirayama, G Christopoulos, D Martinez Plasencia… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Recent advances in high-speed acoustic holography have enabled levitation-based
volumetric displays with tactile and audio sensations. However, current approaches do not …

Acoustic hologram enhanced phased arrays for ultrasonic particle manipulation

L Cox, K Melde, A Croxford, P Fischer… - Physical Review Applied, 2019 - APS
The ability to shape ultrasound fields is important for particle manipulation, medical
therapeutics, and imaging applications. If the amplitude and/or phase is spatially varied …

Advances in micromanipulation actuated by vibration-induced acoustic waves and streaming flow

Z Chen, X Liu, M Kojima, Q Huang, T Arai - Applied sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of vibration and acoustic characteristics for micromanipulation has been prevalent
in recent years. Due to high biocompatibility, non-contact operation, and relatively low cost …

Thermal holographic patterns for ultrasound hyperthermia

D Andrés, J Vappou, N Jiménez… - Applied Physics Letters, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Holograms can shape wavefronts to produce arbitrary acoustic images. In this work, we
experimentally demonstrate how acoustic holograms can produce controlled thermal …

Generating airborne ultrasonic amplitude patterns using an open hardware phased array

R Morales, I Ezcurdia, J Irisarri, MAB Andrade… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Holographic methods from optics can be adapted to acoustics for enabling novel
applications in particle manipulation or patterning by generating dynamic custom-tailored …

Acoustic hologram optimisation using automatic differentiation

T Fushimi, K Yamamoto, Y Ochiai - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Acoustic holograms are the keystone of modern acoustics. They encode three-dimensional
acoustic fields in two dimensions, and their quality determines the performance of acoustic …

Particle-size effect in airborne standing-wave acoustic levitation: Trap** particles at pressure antinodes

JF Pazos Ospina, V Contreras, J Estrada-Morales… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
It is well known that a particle put into an ultrasonic standing wave tends to move towards an
equilibrium position, where the acoustic pressure-induced force on its surface compensates …

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 …

LeviPrint: Contactless Fabrication using Full Acoustic Trap** of Elongated Parts.

I Ezcurdia, R Morales, MAB Andrade… - ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
LeviPrint is a system for assembling objects in a contactless manner using acoustic
levitation. We explore a set of optimum acoustic fields that enables full trap** in position …