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Microfluidics: HYbriD Resonant Acoustics (HYDRA) (Adv. Mater. 10/2016)
Author(s) -
Rezk Amgad R.,
Tan James K.,
Yeo Leslie Y.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201670069
Subject(s) - microfluidics , materials science , lernaean hydra , nanotechnology , surface acoustic wave , acoustics , biology , physics , microbiology and biotechnology
On page 1970, L. Y. Yeo and co‐workers unravel and elucidate the existence of what they term a surface reflected bulk wave (SRBW), and show, quite counterintuitively, that it is possible to obtain an order‐of‐magnitude improvement in microfluidic manipulation efficiency, and, in particular, nebulization, through a unique combination of surface and bulk waves without increasing the complexity or cost.