Acoustofluidics for biomedical applications

J Rufo, F Cai, J Friend, M Wiklund… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2022 - nature.com
Acoustofluidic technologies utilize acoustic waves to manipulate fluids and particles within
fluids, all in a contact-free and biocompatible manner. Over the past decade, acoustofluidic …

[HTML][HTML] Progress, opportunity, and perspective on exosome isolation-efforts for efficient exosome-based theranostics

D Yang, W Zhang, H Zhang, F Zhang, L Chen, L Ma… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles with diameters of 30-150 nm. In both
physiological and pathological conditions, nearly all types of cells can release exosomes …

Ultrasonic tweezer for multifunctional droplet manipulation

Z Yuan, C Lu, C Liu, X Bai, L Zhao, S Feng, Y Liu - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Spatiotemporally controllable droplet manipulation is essential in diverse applications,
ranging from thermal management to microfluidics and water harvesting. Despite …

External power-driven microrobotic swarm: from fundamental understanding to imaging-guided delivery

Q Wang, L Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Untethered micro/nanorobots have been widely investigated owing to their potential in
performing various tasks in different environments. The significant progress in this emerging …

Holographic acoustic tweezers

A Marzo, BW Drinkwater - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Acoustic tweezers use sound radiation forces to manipulate matter without contact. They
provide unique characteristics compared with the more established optical tweezers, such …

Acoustofluidic separation of cells and particles

M Wu, A Ozcelik, J Rufo, Z Wang, R Fang… - Microsystems & …, 2019 - nature.com
Acoustofluidics, the integration of acoustics and microfluidics, is a rapidly growing research
field that is addressing challenges in biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, and …

Microfluidics for exosome isolation and analysis: enabling liquid biopsy for personalized medicine

JC Contreras-Naranjo, HJ Wu, VM Ugaz - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Exosomes, the smallest sized extracellular vesicles (∽ 30–150 nm) packaged with lipids,
proteins, functional messenger RNAs and microRNAs, and double-stranded DNA from their …

Compact holographic sound fields enable rapid one-step assembly of matter in 3D

K Melde, H Kremer, M Shi, S Seneca, C Frey… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Acoustic waves exert forces when they interact with matter. Sha** ultrasound fields
precisely in 3D thus allows control over the force landscape and should permit particulates …

Focused ultrasound excites cortical neurons via mechanosensitive calcium accumulation and ion channel amplification

S Yoo, DR Mittelstein, RC Hurt, J Lacroix… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Ultrasonic neuromodulation has the unique potential to provide non-invasive control of
neural activity in deep brain regions with high spatial precision and without chemical or …

Acoustic microfluidics

P Zhang, H Bachman, A Ozcelik… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Acoustic microfluidic devices are powerful tools that use sound waves to manipulate micro-
or nanoscale objects or fluids in analytical chemistry and biomedicine. Their simple device …