Droplet translocation by focused surface acoustic waves

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 715-722

  Ai, Ye ^a   Marrone, Babetta L ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic streaming; Droplet manipulation; Interdigital transducer (IDT); Microfluidics; Surface acoustic wave (SAW)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ENERGY; DROPLET MANIPULATION; DROPLET MOVEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INPUT POWER; INTERDIGITAL TRANSDUCER; MOVING DROPLETS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC STREAMING; ACOUSTIC WAVES; DROPS; MICROFLUIDICS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 84871751732     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-0990-y     Document Type: Article

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