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ArticleNature communications2025

On-chip phased interdigital metamaterials enable versatile manipulation of surface acoustic waves, microfluids, and micro/nano-objects.

Jiali Li, Luyu Bo, Teng Li, Liang Shen, Chongpeng Qiu, Yingshan Du, Shujie Yang, Zhenhua Tian

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Jiali Li *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA.
Luyu Bo *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA.
Teng LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA.
Liang ShenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA.
Chongpeng QiuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA.
Yingshan DuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-9306-2608
Shujie YangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA. shujie.yang@seas.upenn.edu.
Zhenhua TianDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA. tianz@vt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1903-5604

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Development of a multifunctional, acoustofluidic 3D bioprinter with single-cell resolutionR01GM144417 · NIGMS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Zhenhua Tian · 2022 to 2026
$1.8M
DOE | NE | Nuclear Energy University Program (Nuclear Energy University Programs) DE-NE0009187National Science Foundation (NSF) CBET-2427828National Science Foundation (NSF) CMMI 2243771National Science Foundation (NSF) CMMI 2340016NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM144417U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 7R01GM144417
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Abstract

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) offer great potential for quantum information processing, optomechanics, acoustofludics, and acoustic tweezers. However, existing SAW chips lack the ability to control SAWs in a manner similar to current metamaterials, which can achieve versatile subwavelength-resolution manipulation of bulk acoustic waves. This study presents on-chip phased interdigital metamaterials (PIMs) featuring customized interdigital electrodes whose geometries are encoded with deep-subwavelength-resolution phase profiles, enabling versatile transformation of SAWs and manipulation of fluids and micro/nano-objects. Our on-chip PIMs can transform forward SAWs into waves with desired wavefronts and energy patterns, such as SAWs propagating in a specified direction, a SAW jet with energy confined in a wavelength, and twin jets. They also enable "diode-like" SAW transmission, allowing for routing the information carried by SAWs along a forward pathway while blocking backward communication. Additionally, SAWs generated by PIMs exhibit unique energy patterns, allowing for versatile active control of fluid streaming and micro/nano-object distributions.

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