The lack of personal particulate matter (PM) monitoring technique hinders the knowledge negative health impacts caused by inhaling PM. Acoustophoresis has a potential to produce miniature particle sorters that can be carried inside human’s breath zone. Micron particles manipulated Acoustic Radiation Force (ARF), but sub-micron hardly directed due Streaming Effect (ASE). purpose this study is ex...

Handling of sub-micrometer bioparticles such as bacteria are becoming increasingly important in the biomedical field and in environmental and food analysis. As a result, there is an increased need for less labor-intensive and time-consuming handling methods. Here, an acoustophoresis-based microfluidic chip that uses ultrasound to focus sub-micrometer particles and bacteria, is presented. The ab...

This paper presents an original experimental and numerical investigation of acoustic streaming driven by an acoustic beam reflecting on a wall. The water experiment features a 2 MHz acoustic beam totally reflecting on one of the tank glass walls. The velocity field in the plane containing the incident and reflected beam axes is investigated using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). It exhibits an...

Four designs of ultrasonic microcages are presented together with force field simulations and experimental verification. The microcages enable three-dimensional ultrasonic manipulation of individual microparticles combined with on-line monitoring using high-resolution optical microscopy. The microcages can also be employed as acoustic-streaming-based micromixers. We investigate and compare the ...

Microfluidics typically uses channels to transport small objects by actuation forces such as an applied pressure difference or thermocapillarity. We propose that acoustic streaming is an alternative means of directional transport at small scales. Microbubbles on a substrate establish well controlled fluid motion on very small scales; combinations ("doublets") of bubbles and microparticles break...