Manipulation of microspheres and microbubbles in an octagonal sonotweezers

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

doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0485

Manipulation of microspheres and microbubbles in an octagonal sonotweezers

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

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
Pages	1903-1906
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0485
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2013
Event	2013 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2013 - Prague, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Jul 2013 → 25 Jul 2013

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Conference	2013 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2013
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Prague
Period	21/07/13 → 25/07/13

Keywords

2D particle manipulation component
Acoustic radiation pressure
Particle patterning

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