Acoustic tweezers are gaining increasing attention as a noncontact method that is capable
of handling microparticles and nanoparticles in a controllable manner. By designing the …

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 …

Sound can levitate objects of different sizes and materials through air, water and tissue. This
allows us to manipulate cells, liquids, compounds or living things without touching or …

Acoustic levitation has the potential to enable novel studies due to its ability to hold a wide
variety of substances against gravity under container-less conditions. It has found …

Recent advances in high-speed acoustic holography have enabled levitation-based
volumetric displays with tactile and audio sensations. However, current approaches do not …

In certain medical applications, transmitting an ultrasound beam through the skin to
manipulate a solid object within the human body would be beneficial. Such applications …

Modern ultrasonic phased-array controllers are electronic systems capable of delaying the
transmitted or received signals of multiple transducers. Configurable transmit-receive array …

Spatially concentrating and manipulating biotherapeutic agents within the circulatory system
is a longstanding challenge in medical applications due to the high velocity of blood flow …

Phased Arrays of Transducers (PATs) allow accurate control of ultrasound fields, with
applications in haptics, levitation (ie displays) and parametric audio. However, algorithms for …

Through nonlinear effects, airborne ultrasound phased arrays enable mid-air tactile
presentations, as well as auditory presentation and acoustic levitation. To create workplaces …