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 …

Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences

A Ozcelik, J Rufo, F Guo, Y Gu, P Li, J Lata, TJ Huang - Nature methods, 2018‏ - nature.com
Acoustic tweezers are a versatile set of tools that use sound waves to manipulate
bioparticles ranging from nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles to millimeter-sized …

Cell culture in microfluidic droplets

S Sart, G Ronteix, S Jain, G Amselem… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Cell manipulation in droplets has emerged as one of the great successes of microfluidic
technologies, with the development of single-cell screening. However, the droplet format has …

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 …

Micro/nano acoustofluidics: materials, phenomena, design, devices, and applications

W Connacher, N Zhang, A Huang, J Mei, S Zhang… - Lab on a Chip, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Acoustic actuation of fluids at small scales may finally enable a comprehensive lab-on-a-
chip revolution in microfluidics, overcoming long-standing difficulties in fluid and particle …

Imaging technologies for flow cytometry

Y Han, Y Gu, AC Zhang, YH Lo - Lab on a Chip, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
High-throughput single cell imaging is a critical enabling and driving technology in
molecular and cellular biology, biotechnology, medicine and related areas. Imaging flow …

Advances in technical assessment of spiral inertial microfluidic devices toward bioparticle separation and profiling: A critical review

M Bagi, F Amjad, SM Ghoreishian… - BioChip Journal, 2024‏ - Springer
Separation of micro-and nano-sized bioparticles is essential for efficient diagnostics,
chemical and biological analyses, drug development, food and chemical processing, and …

Advancements in microfluidics for nanoparticle separation

T Salafi, KK Zeming, Y Zhang - Lab on a Chip, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles have been widely implemented for healthcare and nanoscience industrial
applications. Thus, efficient and effective nanoparticle separation methods are essential for …

Size-based separation methods of circulating tumor cells

SJ Hao, Y Wan, YQ **a, X Zou, SY Zheng - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) originate from the primary tumor mass and enter into the
peripheral bloodstream. Compared to other “liquid biopsy” portfolios such as exosome …

Surface acoustic wave devices for chemical sensing and microfluidics: a review and perspective

DB Go, MZ Atashbar, Z Ramshani, HC Chang - Analytical methods, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are electro-mechanical waves that form on the surface of
piezoelectric crystals. Because they are easy to construct and operate, SAW devices have …