Separation of particles using acoustic streaming and radiation forces in an open microfluidic channel

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 879-890

  Devendran, Citsabehsan ^a   Gralinski, Ian ^a   Neild, Adrian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force; Open fluid; Particle manipulation; Sorting; Ultrasonic standing wave

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC STREAMING; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; DRAG; LIQUIDS; LOCATION; PHASE INTERFACES; SORTING; ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CRITICAL SEPARATION; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; PARTICLE MANIPULATION; PARTICLE SEPARATION; POLYSTYRENE MICROPARTICLES; ULTRASONIC STANDING WAVES;

SCREENING;

EID: 84919433184     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1380-4     Document Type: Article

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