Ultrasonic Particle Manipulation Seminar

Ultrasonic fields can be used to trap and manipulate micron-scale particles and second-phase fluids. The technology can be seen as complementary to optical trapping as the size of the potential wells generated can be relatively large, making ultrasound suitable for the formation and manipulation of cell agglomerates, but less suitable for the manipulation of individual cells. This talk introduces the basic physical phenomena associated with ultrasonic manipulation and describes recent work at Southampton towards enhancing the dexterity of particle manipulation devices, “Lab on a Chip” implementations, and applications in tissue engineering and diagnostic devices.