Acoustofluidic precise manipulation: Recent advances in applications for micro/nano bioparticles

W Li, Z Yao, T Ma, Z Ye, K He, L Wang, H Wang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Acoustofluidic technologies that integrate acoustic waves and microfluidic chips have been
widely used in bioparticle manipulation. As a representative technology, acoustic tweezers …

The Physics of micro-and nano-manipulation: Fundamentals and applications

S Zhuang, X Lin, X Yu, Z Zhao, F Liu, S Boccaletti… - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the emergent advent of miniaturized technologies in the last century, the past ninety
years have witnessed the extensive use of micro-and nano-manipulation methods, which …

Precise electrokinetic position and three-dimensional orientation control of a nanowire bioprobe in solution

H Li, D Teal, Z Liang, H Kwon, D Huo, A **… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Owing to Brownian-motion effects, the precise manipulation of individual micro-and
nanoparticles in solution is challenging. Therefore, scanning-probe-based techniques, such …

A magnetically actuated dynamic labyrinthine transmissive ultrasonic metamaterial

C Choi, S Bansal, J Hardwick, N Münzenrieder… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Currently, space-coiling acoustic metamaterials are static, requiring manual reconfiguration
for sound-field modulation. Here, we introduce an approach to enable active reconfiguration …

Acoustically Driven Cell-Based Microrobots for Targeted Tumor Therapy

HX Cao, VD Nguyen, D Jung, E Choi, CS Kim, JO Park… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Targeted drug delivery using microrobots manipulated by an external actuator has
significant potential to be a practical approach for wireless delivery of therapeutic agents to …

Multitarget manipulation of off-axis acoustic vortices based on a focused sector-vortex transducer array

N Ding, T Feng, Q Wang, Z Chen, G Guo, Y Li, J Tu… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
The acoustic vortex (AV) offers a noncontact, label-free, and high-precision manipulation
technology for particles and cells, holding promising application aspects in the fields of …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasonic manipulation of particles and cell aggregates with simultaneous acoustic visualization

ME Ortega-Sandoval, L Cox, A Franklin… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Acoustical tweezers can manipulate inanimate particles as well as living cells in liquid in 2D
using surface acoustic waves and in 3D using bulk acoustic waves. Here, we demonstrate a …

[HTML][HTML] Acoustic Actuators for the Manipulation of Micro/Nanorobots: State-of-the-Art and Future Outlooks

HX Cao, VD Nguyen, JO Park, E Choi, B Kang - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Compared to other actuating methods, acoustic actuators offer the distinctive capability of
the contactless manipulation of small objects, such as microscale and nanoscale robots …

[HTML][HTML] Tunable Acoustic Tweezer System for Precise Three-Dimensional Particle Manipulation

J Nan, HX Cao, JO Park, E Choi, B Kang - Micromachines, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study introduces a tunable acoustic tweezer system designed for precise three-
dimensional particle trap** and manipulation. The system utilizes a dual-liquid-layer …