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A finite-element model is presented for numerical simulation in three dimensions of acoustophoresis of suspended microparticles in a microchannel embedded in a polymer chip and driven by an attached piezoelectric transducer at MHz…
We present fabrication of 570-um-thick, millimeter-sized soda-lime-silicate float glass blocks with a 1-um-thick AlN-thin-film piezoelectric transducer sandwiched between thin metallic electrodes and deposited on the top surface. The…
We propose a portable cartridge based lab-on-a-chip platform. The main sensing mechanism uses high frequency acoustic waves. Feasibility of two different transducers has been investigated for biological measurements. We used zincoxide (ZnO)…
We study by numerical simulation in two and three dimensions the coupling layer between the transducer and the microfluidic chip in ultrasound acoustofluidic devices. The model includes the transducer with electrodes, the microfluidic chip…
Surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices form an important class of acoustofluidic devices, in which the acoustic waves are generated and propagate along the surface of a piezoelectric substrate. Despite their wide-spread use, only a few fully…
The mechanical and electrical response of acoustophoretic microfluidic devices attached to an ac-voltage-driven piezoelectric transducer is studied by means of numerical simulations. The governing equations are formulated in a variational…
Using a previously well-tested numerical model, we demonstrate theoretically that good acoustophoresis can be obtained in a microchannel embedded in an acoustically soft, all-polymer chip, by excitation of whole-system ultrasound…
The ability to engineer and manipulate different types of quantum mechanical objects allows us to take advantage of their unique properties and create useful hybrid technologies. Thus far, complex quantum states and exquisite quantum…
A theoretical model of thermal boundary layers and acoustic heating in microscale acoustofluidic devices is presented. It includes effective boundary conditions allowing for simulations in three dimensions. The model is extended by an…
This paper presents a flexible thin-film underwater transducer based on a mesoporous PVDF membrane embedded with piezoelectrical-actuated microdomes. To enhance piezoelectric performance, ZnO nanoparticles were used as a sacrificial…
The efficient mixing of fluid samples in miniaturized total analysis systems is essential for numerous applications including biological screening assays, chemical extraction, polymerization, cell analysis, and protein folding. Miniaturized…
We show that full-image micro-PIV analysis in combination with images of transient particle motion is a powerful tool for experimental studies of acoustic radiation forces and acoustic streaming in microfluidic chambers under…
While piezoelectric transduction enables designing acoustic resonators operating at multi-GHz frequencies, the deposition of piezoelectric materials typically requires high temperature processes and specific crystallographic orientation of…
The integration of GHz-frequency, high quality factor ($Q$), and electrically tunable acoustic resonators holds significant potential for advancing applications in quantum information technologies, microwave photonics, and reconfigurable RF…
Light-sound interactions have long been exploited in various acousto-optic devices based on bulk crystalline materials. Conventionally these devices operate in megahertz frequency range where the acoustic wavelength is much longer than the…
The monolithic integration of electromechanical transduction at the nanoscale with advanced CMOS is among the most important challenges of semiconductor electronic systems to leverage the multi-domain sensing, actuation, and resonance…
We propose a universal, on-chip quantum transducer based on surface acoustic waves in piezo-active materials. Because of the intrinsic piezoelectric (and/or magnetostrictive) properties of the material, our approach provides a universal…
Acoustic tweezers comprising a surface acoustic wave chip and a disposable silicon microfluidic chip are potentially advantageous to stable and cost-ffective acoustofluidic experiments while avoiding the cross-contamination by reusing the…
In fluid-filled microchannels embedded in solid devices and driven by MHz ultrasound transducers, the thickness of the viscous boundary layer in the fluid near the confining walls is typically 3 to 4 orders of magnitude smaller than the…
Coherent interconversion between microwave and optical frequencies can serve as both classical and quantum interfaces for computing, communication, and sensing. Here, we present a compact microwave-optical transducer based on monolithic…