Affiliation:
1. Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria 3010 Australia
2. Graeme Clarke Institute University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria 3052 Australia
Abstract
AbstractAcoustic microfluidic devices have advantages for diagnostic applications, therapeutic solutions, and fundamental research due to their contactless operation, simple design, and biocompatibility. However, most acoustofluidic approaches are limited to forming simple and fixed acoustic patterns, or have limited resolution. In this study,a detachable microfluidic device is demonstrated employing miniature acoustic holograms to create reconfigurable, flexible, and high‐resolution acoustic fields in microfluidic channels, where the introduction of a solid coupling layer makes these holograms easy to fabricate and integrate. The application of this method to generate flexible acoustic fields, including shapes, characters, and arbitrarily rotated patterns, within microfluidic channels, is demonstrated.
Funder
Australian Research Council
National Health and Medical Research Council
Subject
Biomaterials,Biotechnology,General Materials Science,General Chemistry