Interactive manipulation of microparticles in an octagonal sonotweezer

A. L. Bernassau; C. R. P. Courtney; J. Beeley; B. W. Drinkwater; D. R. S. Cumming

doi:10.1063/1.4802754

Interactive manipulation of microparticles in an octagonal sonotweezer

A. L. Bernassau^*
, C. R. P. Courtney
, J. Beeley
, B. W. Drinkwater
, D. R. S. Cumming

^*Corresponding author for this work

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An ultrasonic device for micro-patterning and precision manipulation of micrometre-scale particles is demonstrated. The device is formed using eight piezoelectric transducers shaped into an octagonal cavity. By exciting combinations of transducers simultaneously, with a controlled phase delay between them, different acoustic landscapes can be created, patterning micro-particles into lines, squares, and more complex shapes. When operated with all eight transducers the device can, with appropriate phase control, manipulate the two dimensional acoustic pressure gradient; it thus has the ability to position and translate a single tweezing zone to different locations on a surface in a precise and programmable manner. (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC

Original language	English
Article number	164101
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4802754
Publication status	Published - 22 Apr 2013

Keywords

ULTRASONIC STANDING WAVES
MAMMALIAN-CELLS
PARTICLES
SEPARATION

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