Abstract

We present use of swimming microorganisms as living probes to rapidly and accurately map complex pressure fields within acoustic microfluidic devices. Translation of acoustofluidic technologies from research platform to clinical and industrial use requires accurate, real-time measurement of device performance. Conventional device assessment techniques are either computationally costly (modeling) or difficult to implement (experiment), and further, these approaches provide limited information regarding the true acoustic pressure and force fields. Characterization of devices with complicated geometries is particularly difficult. Herein, swimming cells continuously probe the entire pressure field to enable real-time monitoring of its evolution as operating parameters are varied.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2019
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages1652-1653
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781733419000
StatePublished - 2019
Event23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2019 - Basel, Switzerland
Duration: Oct 27 2019Oct 31 2019

Publication series

Name23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2019

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2019
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityBasel
Period10/27/1910/31/19

Keywords

  • Acoustofluidics
  • Micro-swimmers
  • Microorganisms
  • Performance measurement
  • Pressure mapping

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