Electronic Sonotweezers: Particle Manipulation with Ultrasonic Arrays
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Abstract
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Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Loadpoint (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Piezo Composite Transducers (PCT) Ltd (Project Partner)
- Danaher (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Weidlinger Associates (United States) (Project Partner)
Publications
Bernassau A
(2013)
Interactive manipulation of microparticles in an octagonal sonotweezer
in Applied Physics Letters
Gesellchen F
(2014)
Cell patterning with a heptagon acoustic tweezer--application in neurite guidance.
in Lab on a chip
Al-Rawhani MA
(2015)
Wireless fluorescence capsule for endoscopy using single photon-based detection.
in Scientific reports
| Description | We demonstrated new methods for soft tissue engineering and cell sorting using ultrasonic tweezing. |
| Exploitation Route | Novel forms of miniaturised cell sorting for use in biomedical applications. |
| Sectors | Healthcare |