Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences

‘Liquid biopsy’ for cancer promises early detection

(2018) Jocelyn Kaiser   SCIENCE

Controlled rotation and translation of spherical particles or living cells by surface acoustic waves

(2017) Ianis Bernard et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Continuous micro-vortex-based nanoparticle manipulation via focused surface acoustic waves

(2017) David J. Collins et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Isolation of exosomes from whole blood by integrating acoustics and microfluidics

(2017) Mengxi Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Metamaterial bricks and quantization of meta-surfaces

(2017) Gianluca Memoli et al.   Nature Communications

Exosome-encapsulated microRNAs as circulating biomarkers for breast cancer

(2016) Doireann P. Joyce et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Numerical simulation of micro-particle rotation by the acoustic viscous torque

(2016) Philipp Hahn et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustofluidic particle manipulation inside a sessile droplet: four distinct regimes of particle concentration

(2016) Ghulam Destgeer et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

High-throughput acoustic separation of platelets from whole blood

(2016) Yuchao Chen et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Tuning the Music: Acoustic Force Spectroscopy (AFS) 2.0

(2016) Douwe Kamsma et al.   METHODS

Holograms for acoustics

(2016) Kai Melde et al.   NATURE

Observation of a Single-Beam Gradient Force Acoustical Trap for Elastic Particles: Acoustical Tweezers

(2016) Diego Baresch et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Three-dimensional manipulation of single cells using surface acoustic waves

(2016) Feng Guo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rotational manipulation of single cells and organisms using acoustic waves

(2016) Daniel Ahmed et al.   Nature Communications

Iso-acoustic focusing of cells for size-insensitive acousto-mechanical phenotyping

(2016) Per Augustsson et al.   Nature Communications

In vivo acoustic and photoacoustic focusing of circulating cells

(2016) Ekaterina I. Galanzha et al.   Scientific Reports

Controlling sound with acoustic metamaterials

(2016) Steven A. Cummer et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Toward Contactless Biology: Acoustophoretic DNA Transfection

(2016) Thomas Vasileiou et al.   Scientific Reports

Ultrasonic acoustic levitation for fast frame rate X-ray protein crystallography at room temperature

(2016) Soichiro Tsujino et al.   Scientific Reports

An acoustofluidic sputum liquefier

(2015) Po-Hsun Huang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A high-throughput acoustic cell sorter

(2015) Liqiang Ren et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Vibrating membrane with discontinuities for rapid and efficient microfluidic mixing

(2015) Hoang Van Phan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Recent advances in microfluidic actuation and micro-object manipulation via surface acoustic waves

(2015) Ghulam Destgeer et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustic separation of circulating tumor cells

(2015) Peng Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Holographic acoustic elements for manipulation of levitated objects

(2015) Asier Marzo et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of acoustic levitation on the development of zebrafish, Danio rerio, embryos

(2015) Maria Sundvik et al.   Scientific Reports

Standing Surface Acoustic Wave Based Cell Coculture

(2014) Sixing Li et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Circulating cell-free DNA in serum as a biomarker for diagnosis and prognostic prediction of colorectal cancer

(2014) T B Hao et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

A reliable and programmable acoustofluidic pump powered by oscillating sharp-edge structures

(2014) Po-Hsun Huang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Sorting drops and cells with acoustics: acoustic microfluidic fluorescence-activated cell sorter

(2014) Lothar Schmid et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustic force spectroscopy

(2014) Gerrit Sitters et al.   NATURE METHODS

Acoustic Tractor Beam

(2014) Christine E. M. Démoré et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Acoustophoretic Contactless Elevation, Orbital Transport and Spinning of Matter in Air

(2014) Daniele Foresti et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Controlling cell–cell interactions using surface acoustic waves

(2014) Feng Guo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics

(2013) Leslie Y. Yeo et al.   Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Circulating biomarkers for detection of ovarian cancer and predicting cancer outcomes

(2013) I Shapira et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

Extracellular vesicles: Exosomes, microvesicles, and friends

(2013) Graça Raposo et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Surface acoustic wave microfluidics

(2013) Xiaoyun Ding et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustophoretic contactless transport and handling of matter in air

(2013) D. Foresti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Circulating Tumor Cells

(2013) V. Plaks et al.   SCIENCE

Acoustofluidics 16: acoustics streaming near liquid–gas interfaces: drops and bubbles

(2012) S. S. Sadhal   LAB ON A CHIP

Oscillating bubbles: a versatile tool for lab on a chip applications

(2012) Ali Hashmi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustofluidics 12: Biocompatibility and cell viability in microfluidic acoustic resonators

(2012) Martin Wiklund   LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustofluidics 5: Building microfluidic acoustic resonators

(2012) A. Lenshof et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustofluidics 13: Analysis of acoustic streaming by perturbation methods

(2012) S. S. Sadhal   LAB ON A CHIP

Shaping acoustic fields as a toolset for microfluidic manipulations in diagnostic technologies

(2012) J. Reboud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

On-chip manipulation of single microparticles, cells, and organisms using surface acoustic waves

(2012) X. Ding et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Three-dimensional electrokinetic tweezing: device design, modeling, and control algorithms

(2011) Roland Probst et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Acoustofluidics 2: Perturbation theory and ultrasound resonance modes

(2011) Henrik Bruus   LAB ON A CHIP

Lateral air cavities for microfluidic pumping with the use of acoustic energy

(2011) Armando R. Tovar et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Optoelectronic tweezers

(2011) Ming C Wu   Nature Photonics

Microscale acoustofluidics: Microfluidics driven via acoustics and ultrasonics

(2011) James Friend et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Exploitation of surface acoustic waves to drive size-dependent microparticle concentration within a droplet

(2010) Priscilla R. Rogers et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Ultrafast microfluidics using surface acoustic waves

(2009) Leslie Y. Yeo et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Acoustic tweezers: patterning cells and microparticles using standing surface acoustic waves (SSAW)

(2009) Jinjie Shi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Optical Tweezers Cause Physiological Damage to Escherichia coli and Listeria Bacteria

(2008) M. B. Rasmussen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Optical tweezers for single cells

(2008) H. Zhang et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Optical traps for single molecule biophysics: a primer

(2008) T.T. Perkins   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Single-molecule force spectroscopy: optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers and atomic force microscopy

(2008) Keir C Neuman et al.   NATURE METHODS