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 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 …

Progress in microfluidics‐based exosome separation and detection technologies for diagnostic applications

S Lin, Z Yu, D Chen, Z Wang, J Miao, Q Li, D Zhang… - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Exosomes are secreted by most cell types and circulate in body fluids. Recent studies have
revealed that exosomes play a significant role in intercellular communication and are closely …

Field-free isolation of exosomes from extracellular vesicles by microfluidic viscoelastic flows

C Liu, J Guo, F Tian, N Yang, F Yan, Y Ding, JY Wei… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Exosomes, molecular cargos secreted by almost all mammalian cells, are considered as
promising biomarkers to identify many diseases including cancers. However, the small size …

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 …

Microscale acoustic streaming for biomedical and bioanalytical applications

W Wei, Y Wang, Z Wang, X Duan - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, acoustofluidics, one of the branches of microfluidics, has rapidly
developed as a multidisciplinary cutting edge research topic, covering many biomedical and …

Acoustofluidic centrifuge for nanoparticle enrichment and separation

Y Gu, C Chen, Z Mao, H Bachman, R Becker, J Rufo… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Liquid droplets have been studied for decades and have recently experienced renewed
attention as a simplified model for numerous fascinating physical phenomena occurring on …

Self-adaptive virtual microchannel for continuous enrichment and separation of nanoparticles

Y Yang, L Zhang, K **, M He, W Wei, X Chen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The transport, enrichment, and purification of nanoparticles are fundamental activities in the
fields of biology, chemistry, material science, and medicine. Here, we demonstrate an …

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 …

Biomolecular ultrasound and sonogenetics

D Maresca, A Lakshmanan, M Abedi… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Visualizing and modulating molecular and cellular processes occurring deep within living
organisms is fundamental to our study of basic biology and disease. Currently, the most …