Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences
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- 26 November 2018
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Methods
- Vol. 15 (12), 1021-1028
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-018-0222-9
Abstract
Acoustic tweezers are a versatile set of tools that use sound waves to manipulate bioparticles ranging from nanometer-sized extracellular vesicles to millimeter-sized multicellular organisms. Over the past several decades, the capabilities of acoustic tweezers have expanded from simplistic particle trapping to precise rotation and translation of cells and organisms in three dimensions. Recent advances have led to reconfigured acoustic tweezers that are capable of separating, enriching, and patterning bioparticles in complex solutions. Here, we review the history and fundamentals of acoustic-tweezer technology and summarize recent breakthroughs.Keywords
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