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Lab Chip. 2007 Oct;7(10):1336-44. doi: 10.1039/b704864e. Epub 2007 Jul 18.

Acoustic resonances in microfluidic chips: full-image micro-PIV experiments and numerical simulations.

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S M Hagsäter, T Glasdam Jensen, H Bruus, J P Kutter

Affiliations

  1. MIC-Department of Micro and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Bldg. 345 east, DK-2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.

PMID: 17896019 DOI: 10.1039/b704864e

Abstract

We show that full-image micro-PIV analysis in combination with images of transient particle motion is a powerful tool for experimental studies of acoustic radiation forces and acoustic streaming in microfluidic chambers under piezo-actuation in the MHz range. The measured steady-state motion of both large 5 microm and small 1 microm particles can be understood in terms of the acoustic eigenmodes or standing ultra-sound waves in the given experimental microsystems. This interpretation is supported by numerical solutions of the corresponding acoustic wave equation.

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