With the fast development of acoustic and multiphase microfluidics in recent years,
oscillating bubbles have drawn more-and-more attention due to their great potential in …

Microbubbles are micrometer-size gaseous particles suspended in water, and they are often
stabilized by a lipid monolayer shell. Natural microbubbles are found in freshwater and …

In recent decades, the integration of microfluidic devices and multiple actuation technologies
at the microscale has greatly contributed to the progress of related fields. In particular …

In recent years, microbubbles have been widely used in the field of microrobots due to their
unique properties. Microbubbles can be easily produced and used as power sources or …

Efficient transportation of fluids and microparticles is an important capability in many medical
and biological applications. In this article, an efficient bi-directional micropump using …

Bubbles controlled by optically induced heating were made to function as novel microrobots
for micromanipulation and micro-assembly. Using light patterns generated by a commercial …

This paper describes an underwater micropropulsion principle where a gaseous bubble
trapped in a suspended microchannel and oscillated by external acoustic excitation …

The movement of underwater gas bubbles significantly affects the core processes of a
variety of applications in water electrolysis, heat transfer, optofluidics, and other fields. To …

Industrial robots have been widely used for manufacturing and assembly in factories.
However, at the microscale, most assembly technologies can only pattern the micromodules …

The ability to isolate and sort analytes within complex microfluidic volumes is essential to the
success of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices. In this study, acoustically-excited oscillating …