Recently, piezoelectric thin films including zinc oxide (ZnO) and aluminium nitride (AlN)
have found a broad range of lab-on-chip applications such as biosensing, particle/cell …

The recent introduction of surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology onto lab-on-a-chip
platforms has opened a new frontier in microfluidics. The advantages provided by such SAW …

Whether reagents and samples need to be combined to achieve a desired reaction, or
precise concentrations of solutions need to be mixed and delivered downstream, thorough …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201400091 droplet actuation,[8–10] atomization,[11] water-in-oil
emulsions,[12] and pum** in closed microchannels via acoustic counterflow.[13, 14] …

Oscillating sharp edges have been employed to achieve rapid and homogeneous mixing in
microchannels using acoustic streaming. Here, we used a perturbation approach to study …

Recently, acoustically oscillated sharp-edges have been utilized to achieve rapid and
homogeneous mixing in microchannels. Here, we present a numerical model to investigate …

We report a microfluidic fluorescence activated cell-sorting (μFACS) device that employs
traveling surface acoustic waves (TSAW) to sort cells at rates comparable to conventional jet …

Fast and controllable surface acoustic wave (SAW) driven digital microfluidic temperature
changes are demonstrated. Within typical operating conditions, the direct acoustic heating …

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) have the potential to become the basis for a wide gamut of
lab-on-a-chips (LoCs). These mechanical waves are among the most promising physics that …

This work uses a finite volume method to investigate three-dimensional acoustic streaming
patterns produced by surface acoustic wave (SAW) propagation within microdroplets. A …