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Acousto-dielectric tweezers enable independent manipulation of multiple particles.
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- Adaptive Tweezers Based on Differential Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Surfaces for the Manipulation of Micro-Objects.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Space-time acoustofluidic tweezers for dynamic and selective manipulation of microparticles.Science advances · 2026Article
- Metamaterials and Fluid Flows.Nature communications · 2026Review
- Electroacoustic alignment of robust and highly piezoelectric nylon-11 films.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Precision acoustofluidics for high-throughput mechanobiology in suspension cells.Science advances · 2026Article
- Acoustic Rising Microbubbles for Efficient Liquid Operations.Cyborg and bionic systems (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- End-to-end inverse design for programmable acoustic tweezers with simultaneous force and torque control by metasurfaces.Science advances · 2025Article
- Recent progress in field-directed assembly of colloids in an evaporating droplet.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- Isolation Techniques of Micro/Nano-Scaled Species for Biomedical Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- Integration of acoustic, optical, and electrical methods in picoliter droplet microfluidics for rare particles enrichment.Communications engineering · 2025Article
- Acoustofluidics: Technology Advances and Applications from 2022 to 2024.Analytical chemistry · 2025Review
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Abstract
Acoustic tweezers have gained substantial interest in biology, engineering, and materials science for their label-free, precise, contactless, and programmable manipulation of small objects. However, acoustic tweezers cannot independently manipulate multiple microparticles simultaneously. This study introduces acousto-dielectric tweezers capable of independently manipulating multiple microparticles and precise control over intercellular distances and cyclical cell pairing and separation for detailed cell-cell interaction analysis. Our acousto-dielectric tweezers leverage the competition between acoustic radiation forces, generated by standing surface acoustic waves (SAWs), and dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces, induced by gradient electric fields. Modulating these fields allows for the precise positioning of individual microparticles at points where acoustic radiation and DEP forces are in equilibrium. This mechanism enables the simultaneous movement of multiple microparticles along specified paths as well as cyclical cell pairing and separation. We anticipate our acousto-dielectric tweezers to have enormous potential in colloidal assembly, cell-cell interaction studies, disease diagnostics, and tissue engineering.
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