Micro-particle manipulation by single beam acoustic tweezers based on hydrothermal PZT thick film

Benpeng Zhu; Jiong Xu; Ying Li; Tian Wang; Ke Xiong; Changyang Lee; Xiaofei Yang; Michihisa Shiiba; Shinichi Takeuchi; Qifa Zhou; K. Kirk Shung

doi:10.1063/1.4943492

AIP Advances (Mar 2016)

Micro-particle manipulation by single beam acoustic tweezers based on hydrothermal PZT thick film

Benpeng Zhu,
Jiong Xu,
Ying Li,
Tian Wang,
Ke Xiong,
Changyang Lee,
Xiaofei Yang,
Michihisa Shiiba,
Shinichi Takeuchi,
Qifa Zhou,
K. Kirk Shung

Affiliations

Benpeng Zhu: School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Jiong Xu: School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Ying Li: Department of Biomedical Engineering and NIH Transducer Resource Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1111, USA
Tian Wang: Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of Acoustic and Photonic Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Ke Xiong: Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of Acoustic and Photonic Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Changyang Lee: Department of Biomedical Engineering and NIH Transducer Resource Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1111, USA
Xiaofei Yang: School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Michihisa Shiiba: Medical Engineering Course, Graduate School of Engineering, Toin University of Yokohama, Yokohama 225-8501, Japan
Shinichi Takeuchi: Medical Engineering Course, Graduate School of Engineering, Toin University of Yokohama, Yokohama 225-8501, Japan
Qifa Zhou: Department of Biomedical Engineering and NIH Transducer Resource Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1111, USA
K. Kirk Shung: Department of Biomedical Engineering and NIH Transducer Resource Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1111, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943492
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 035102 – 035102-6

Abstract

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Single-beam acoustic tweezers (SBAT), used in laboratory-on-a-chip (LOC) device has promising implications for an individual micro-particle contactless manipulation. In this study, a freestanding hydrothermal PZT thick film with excellent piezoelectric property (d33 = 270pC/N and kt = 0.51) was employed for SBAT applications and a press-focusing technology was introduced. The obtained SBAT, acting at an operational frequency of 50MHz, a low f-number (∼0.9), demonstrated the capability to trap and manipulate a micro-particle sized 10μm in the distilled water. These results suggest that such a device has great potential as a manipulator for a wide range of biomedical and chemical science applications.

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ISSN: 2158-3226 (Online)
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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