ReviewNature methods2018
Acoustic tweezers for the life sciences.
Review in Nature methods, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 252 papers.
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252 citing papers in PubMed.
- Acoustofluidic cryo-EM enables in situ particle manipulation for uniform, high-quality cryo-EM specimens.Science advances · 2026Article
- Passive Metasurface Tweezers for Multi-Scale Orbital Transport and Trapping on Elastic Plates.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Applications of Acoustic Waves in Micro-Droplet Technologies.Biosensors · 2026Review
- Selective photoacoustic handling of microparticles via annular laser beams.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Article
- Space-time acoustofluidic tweezers for dynamic and selective manipulation of microparticles.Science advances · 2026Article
- Advances in Strategies for Colloidal Self-Assembly.Chemical reviews · 2026Review
- Surface Acoustic Wave Devices: New Mechanisms, Enabling Techniques, and Application Frontiers.Micromachines · 2026Review
- Strategies to control cellular spatial organization in microphysiological systems.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Review
- Tunable 3D optohydrodynamic torques from optical phase gradient-driven colloidal assemblies.Science advances · 2026Article
- Machine learning-facilitated real-time acoustic trapping in time-varying multi-medium environments toward magnetic resonance imaging-guided microbubble manipulation.Communications engineering · 2026Article
- Flexible, stretchable, on-chip optical tweezers for high-throughput bioparticle manipulation.Light, science & applications · 2026Article
- Precision acoustofluidics for high-throughput mechanobiology in suspension cells.Science advances · 2026Article
- Photothermally Powered 3D Microgels Mechanically Regulate Mesenchymal Stem Cells Under Anisotropic Force.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Article
- Programmable acoustofluidic engineering for creating gradient biomaterials.Science advances · 2025Article
- On-chip phased interdigital metamaterials enable versatile manipulation of surface acoustic waves, microfluids, and micro/nano-objects.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Recent advances in engineering nano/microrobots for tumor treatment.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2025Review
- CAMP: Closed-Loop Acoustic-Magnetic Propulsion of Microrobots for Precision Cell Manipulation.Advanced intelligent systems (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- On-chip particle levitation and micromanipulation using bulk acoustic waves.Lab on a chip · 2025Article
- Reconfigurable dynamic acoustic holography with acoustically transparent and programmable metamaterial.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Ultrasound-driven programmable artificial muscles.Nature · 2025Article
192 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
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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