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Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences.

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Ozcelik, A; Rufo, J; Guo, F; Gu, Y; Li, P; Lata, J; Huang, TJ
Published in: Nature methods
December 2018

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.

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Nature methods

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1548-7105

ISSN

1548-7091

Publication Date

December 2018

Volume

15

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1021 / 1028

Related Subject Headings

  • Optical Tweezers
  • Models, Biological
  • Humans
  • Developmental Biology
  • Biological Science Disciplines
  • Animals
  • Acoustics
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 10 Technology
 

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Ozcelik, A., Rufo, J., Guo, F., Gu, Y., Li, P., Lata, J., & Huang, T. J. (2018). Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences. Nature Methods, 15(12), 1021–1028. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-018-0222-9
Ozcelik, Adem, Joseph Rufo, Feng Guo, Yuyang Gu, Peng Li, James Lata, and Tony Jun Huang. “Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences.Nature Methods 15, no. 12 (December 2018): 1021–28. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-018-0222-9.
Ozcelik A, Rufo J, Guo F, Gu Y, Li P, Lata J, et al. Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences. Nature methods. 2018 Dec;15(12):1021–8.
Ozcelik, Adem, et al. “Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences.Nature Methods, vol. 15, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp. 1021–28. Epmc, doi:10.1038/s41592-018-0222-9.
Ozcelik A, Rufo J, Guo F, Gu Y, Li P, Lata J, Huang TJ. Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences. Nature methods. 2018 Dec;15(12):1021–1028.

Published In

Nature methods

DOI

EISSN

1548-7105

ISSN

1548-7091

Publication Date

December 2018

Volume

15

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1021 / 1028

Related Subject Headings

  • Optical Tweezers
  • Models, Biological
  • Humans
  • Developmental Biology
  • Biological Science Disciplines
  • Animals
  • Acoustics
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 10 Technology