Micropropulsion by an acoustic bubble for navigating microfluidic spaces
- 26 January 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Lab on a Chip
- Vol. 15 (6) , 1554-1562
Abstract
This paper describes an underwater micropropulsion principle where a gaseous bubble trapped in a suspended microchannel and oscillated by external acoustic excitation generates a propelling force.Keywords
Funding Information
- Directorate for Biological Sciences (NSF ECCS-1029318)
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