title: Spatial selective manipulation of microbubbles by tunable surface acoustic waves.
abstract: A microfluidic device based on a pair of slant-finger interdigital transducers (SFITs) is developed to achieve a selective and flexible manipulation of microbubbles (MBs) by surface acoustic waves (SAWs). The resonance frequency of SAWs generated by the SFITs depends on the location of its parallel pathway; the particles at different locations of the SAWs' pathway can be controlled selectively by choosing the frequency of the excitation signal applied on the SFITs. By adjusting the input signal continuously, MBs can be transported along the acoustic aperture precisely. The displacement of MBs has a linear relationship with the frequency shift. The resolution of transportation is 15.19 ± 2.65 μm when the shift of input signal frequency is at a step of 10 kHz. In addition, the MBs can be controlled in a two-dimensional plane by combining variations of the frequency and the relative phase of the excitation signal applied on the SFITs simultaneously. This technology may open up the possibility of selectively and flexibly manipulating MBs using a simple one-dimensional device.
authors.affiliation: Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lili
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authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Feiyan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
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authors.affiliation: Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Micro/Nano Systems and Bionic Medicine, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont 05405 USA.
authors.forename: Junru
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Paul C. Lauterbur Research Center for Biomedical Imaging, Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hairong
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