Concept and Proof of Principle of an Acoustofluidic Single-Particle Sorting Device Using a Spatially Confined Acoustic Active Region

  • Andreas Fuchsluger (Speaker)
  • De Pastina, A. (Speaker)
  • Tina Mitteramskogler (Speaker)
  • Rafael Ecker (Speaker)
  • Thomas Voglhuber-Brunnmaier (Speaker)
  • Andrianov, N. (Speaker)
  • Shatalov, A. (Speaker)
  • Norbert Cselyuszka (Speaker)
  • Mohssen Moridi (Speaker)
  • Bernhard Jakoby (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

Description

We present the concept and a proof of principle experiment for an acoustofluidic singleparticle sorter. In a microfluidic channel, a flow profile with three parallel fluid domains is generated: buffer fluid in the center and buffer plus particles in the lateral domains. Due to the laminar flow regime present in microfluidics, the particles essentially follow the stream line(s) along the channel. At the spatially confined sorting and detection region, by switching on the standing acoustic wave, particles of interest (POIs) are pushed into the center fluid domain, thus leaving the chip at the center outlet. For particles of non-interest (PONIs), the acoustic region remains silent, so PONIs are not centered and follow their path to the side outlet.
PeriodSept 2023
Event titleEurosensors 2023: XXXV CONFERENCE
Event typeConference
LocationLecce, ItalyShow on map

Keywords

  • Acoustofluidics
  • piezoelectricity
  • Microfluidics
  • particles sorting
  • microtechnology
  • bulk acoustic waves