Forthcoming Lab on a Chip tutorial series on acoustofluidics: Acoustofluidics-exploiting ultrasonic standing wave forces and acoustic streaming in microfluidic systems for cell and particle manipulation

摘要

This Editorial is the forerunner for a series of tutorial papers on fluidics combined with ultrasonic standing wave technology, termed acoustofluidics. The goal of the series is to review the state of art and to provide a point of entry for newcomers, be it students or senior researchers, into this rapidly developing research field. The initiative to do this originated in June 2010 as the authors convened for the first time for a week at CISM (International Centre for Mechanical Sciences) in northern Italy, giving a lecture series on the theory andapplications of ultrasonic standing wave technology and microfluidics for students active in the field. The impression of the total material presented on this single occasion was overwhelming and therefore we decided to communicate the essence of our lectures in a comprehensive and digestible format to the microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip community, an initiative that has been positively supported by the RSC Lab on a Chip journal.