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Lab Chip, 2025, 25, 413
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Generating Airy surface acoustic waves with dislocated interdigital transducers

Zongjun Ma, Delai Kong, Wenfeng Cai, Zhenming Wang, Ming Cheng, Zixuan Wu, Xueqian Zhao, Mengjia Cen, Haitao Dai, Shifeng Guo and Yan Jun Liu

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Heterogeneous tissue construction by on-demand bubble-assisted acoustic patterning

Qinghao Hu, Xuejia Hu, Yang Shi, Li Liang, Jiaomeng Zhu, Shukun Zhao, Yifan Wang, Zezheng Wu, Fubing Wang, Fuling Zhou and Yi Yang

Lab Chip, 2023, 23, 2206
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Expanding channels enhanced diffractive SAW actuated particle enrichment in vacuum-sealed microfluidic channels

David J. Bryan, Kirill Kolesnik, Crispin Szydzik, Arnan Mitchell, Kelly L. Rogers and David J. Collins

Lab Chip, 2025, 25, 4994
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Dynamic sub-wavelength microparticle patterning via phase-modulated pulsing coherent surface acoustic wave tweezers

Xin Li, Deqing Mei, Hemin Pan, Zhuzheng Qian and Yancheng Wang

Lab Chip, 2025, 25, 5407
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Sub-wavelength acoustic stencil for tailored micropatterning

Kirill Kolesnik, Philipp Segeritz, Daniel J. Scott, Vijay Rajagopal and David J. Collins

Lab Chip, 2023, 23, 2447
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Programmable Acoustic Holography using Medium‐Sound‐Speed Modulation

Mingxin Xu, Jizhen Wang, William S. Harley, Peter V. S. Lee and David J. Collins

Advanced Science, 2023, 10
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On-chip phased interdigital metamaterials enable versatile manipulation of surface acoustic waves, microfluids, and micro/nano-objects

Jiali Li, Luyu Bo, Teng Li, Liang Shen, Chongpeng Qiu, Yingshan Du, Shujie Yang and Zhenhua Tian

Nat Commun, 2025, 16
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Surface coupled locally resonant modes for reinforced and localized acoustofluidic particle manipulation

Behdad Barahimi, Sara Darbari, Mohammad Zabetian Targhi, Iman Halvaei and Reza Nosrati

Physics of Fluids, 2025, 37
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Acoustofluidics: Technology Advances and Applications from 2022 to 2024

Toktam Godary, Brandi Binkley, Zhengru Liu, Olanrewaju Awoyemi, Amanda Overby, Herbi Yuliantoro, Bethany J. Fike, Sydney Anderson and Peng Li

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3D Acoustofluidics via Sub‐Wavelength Micro‐Resonators

William Sean Harley, Kirill Kolesnik, Mingxin Xu, Daniel Edward Heath and David John Collins

Adv Funct Materials, 2023, 33
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Cavity-agnostic acoustofluidic manipulations enabled by guided flexural waves on a membrane acoustic waveguide actuator

Philippe Vachon, Srinivas Merugu, Jaibir Sharma, Amit Lal, Eldwin J. Ng, Yul Koh, Joshua E.-Y. Lee and Chengkuo Lee

Microsyst Nanoeng, 2024, 10
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Biological particle separation techniques based on microfluidics

Saijie Wang, Quanchen Xu, Yanwei Cai, Qian Wang, Ying Liu and Dou Wang

Interdisciplinary Medicine, 2024, 2
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Design of Acoustic/Elastic Phase Gradient Metasurfaces: Principles, Functional Elements, Tunability, and Coding

A-Li Chen, Yue-Sheng Wang, Yan-Feng Wang, Hong-Tao Zhou and Si-Min Yuan

Applied Mechanics Reviews, 2022, 74
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Reconfiguring Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics via In Situ Control of Elastic Wave Polarization

Yu Gao, Thomas Voglhuber-Brunnmaier, Yuekang Li, Leyla Akh, Nicholas H. Patino, Apresio Kefin Fajrial, Massimo Ruzzene, Bernhard Jakoby and Xiaoyun Ding

Phys. Rev. Lett., 2025, 134
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Design of sawtooth-shaped acoustic metasurface for reflective wave manipulation

Mu He, Zhe Zhu, Wei-Zhi Luo, Bo Song and Liang Xia

Applied Acoustics, 2025, 233, 110614
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Intelligent metasurfaces: control, communication and computing

Lianlin Li, Hanting Zhao, Che Liu, Long Li and Tie Jun Cui

eLight, 2022, 2
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Optimizing coupling layer and superstrate thickness in attachable acoustofluidic devices

Kirill Kolesnik, Vijay Rajagopal and David J. Collins

Ultrasonics, 2024, 137, 107202
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Going Beyond a Simple RIS: Trends and Techniques Paving the Path of Future RIS

Kinza Shafique and Mohammad Alhassoun

IEEE Open J. Antennas Propag., 2024, 5, 256
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Acoustofluidic patterning in glass capillaries using travelling acoustic waves based on thin film flexible platform

Qiaoyun Wang, Sadaf Maramizonouz, Mercedes Stringer Martin, Jikai Zhang, Hui Ling Ong, Qiang Liu, Xin Yang, Mohammad Rahmati, Hamdi Torun, Wai Pang Ng, Qiang Wu, Richard Binns and Yongqing Fu

Ultrasonics, 2024, 136, 107149
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Acoustophoresis around an elastic scatterer in a standing wave field

Khemraj Gautam Kshetri and Nitesh Nama

Phys. Rev. E, 2023, 108
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Micro‐Acoustic Holograms for Detachable Microfluidic Devices

Mingxin Xu, Callum Vidler, Jizhen Wang, Xi Chen, Zijian Pan, William S. Harley, Peter V. S. Lee and David J. Collins

Small, 2024, 20
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Study on the migration and regional enrichment behavior of droplets and particles induced by surface acoustic wave

Siyu Zhao, Zhaomiao Liu, Nan Zheng, Chenchen Zhang, Kai Zheng, Shuai Shi, Yan Pang and Fu Guo

Physics of Fluids, 2025, 37
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Dual-functional manganese dioxide nanoclusters for power-free microfluidic biosensing of foodborne bacteria

Lei Wang, Xiaoting Huo, Fan Jiang, Xinge Xi, Yanbin Li and Jianhan Lin

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2023, 393, 134242
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A novel detachable acoustofluidic device for microparticle separation via tilted standing waves modulated by micro-holography

Luming Li, Mingyong Zhou, Lei Huang, Linghan Shen, Zhigao Ma and Bingyan Jiang

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Numerical modeling of ultrasound-triggered microneedle-mediated delivery of drug particles into bacterial biofilms

Yiran Tian, Jiaji Chen, Zheng Yan, Jingwei Xie, Xiaoning Jiang, Guangfu Li and Guoliang Huang

Ultrasonics, 2024, 141, 107344
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Sound‐Speed Modifying Acoustic Metasurfaces for Acoustic Holography

Mingxin Xu, William S. Harley, Zhichao Ma, Peter V. S. Lee and David J. Collins

Advanced Materials, 2023, 35
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Experimental Realization of On‐Chip Surface Acoustic Wave Metasurfaces at Sub‐GHz

Wan Wang, Maciej Baranski, Yabin Jin, Roland Salut, Djaffar Belharet, Jean‐Michel Friedt, Yongdong Pan, Yanxun Xiang, Fu‐zhen Xuan, Abdelkrim Khelif and Sarah Benchabane

Advanced Science, 2025, 12
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Acoustofluidic Diversity Achieved by Multiple Modes of Acoustic Waves Generated on Piezoelectric-Film-Coated Aluminum Sheets

Yong Wang, Xianbin Li, Hui Meng, Ran Tao, Jingui Qian, Chen Fu, Jingting Luo, Jin Xie and Yongqing Fu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 45119
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Enhanced Detection in Droplet Microfluidics by Acoustic Vortex Modulation of Particle Rings and Particle Clusters via Asymmetric Propagation of Surface Acoustic Waves

Yukai Liu, Miaomiao Ji, Nanxin Yu, Caiqin Zhao, Gang Xue, Wenxiao Fu, Xiaojun Qiao, Yichi Zhang, Xiujian Chou and Wenping Geng

Biosensors, 2022, 12, 399
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Recent advances and challenges of manipulation of micro- and nanoparticles by surface acoustic wave in microfluidics

Wenbo Han, Zhihang Fu, Zhiwei Xu, Hongyuan Zou, Haoyu Yue, Wei Li and Hongpeng Zhang

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2026, 208, 118063
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