Tunable, Pulsatile Chemical Gradient Generation Via Acoustically Driven Oscillating Bubbles

Overview

Journal Lab Chip

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialties Biotechnology
Chemistry

Date 2012 Dec 21

PMID 23254861

Citations 38

Authors

Daniel Ahmed

Chung Yu Chan

Sz-Chin Steven Lin

Hari S Muddana

Nitesh Nama

Stephen J Benkovic

Tony Jun Huang

Affiliations

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Abstract

We present a novel concept of generating both static and pulsatile chemical gradients using acoustically activated bubbles designed in a ladder-like arrangement. Furthermore, by regulating the amplitude of the bubble oscillation, we demonstrate that the chemical gradient profiles can be effectively tuned.

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