Communications Physics (Jun 2021)

Three dimensional acoustic tweezers with vortex streaming

  • Junfei Li,
  • Alexandru Crivoi,
  • Xiuyuan Peng,
  • Lu Shen,
  • Yunjiao Pu,
  • Zheng Fan,
  • Steven A. Cummer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00617-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Although acoustic and optical tweezers are widely used, it is challenging to create a 3D trap with a simple set-up. Here, acoustic vortex streaming is combined with radiation force to realise 3D trapping of particles in a fluid.