scholarly journals Acoustic levitation of a Mie sphere using a 2D transducer array

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 (13) ◽  
pp. 134901
Author(s):  
Sebastian Zehnter ◽  
Marco A. B. Andrade ◽  
Christoph Ament
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Levitation ◽  
Transducer Array

Analysis of AC-DC Converter Circuit Performance with Difference Piezoelectric Transducer Array Connection

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nik Ahmad Zainal Abidin ◽  
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Norkharziana Mohd Nayan ◽  
Azuwa Ali ◽  
N. A. Azli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Piezoelectric Transducer ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Piezoelectric Sensor ◽  
Transducer Array ◽  
Circuit Performance ◽  
Array Configuration ◽  
Full Wave ◽  
Bridge Rectifier ◽  
In Series ◽  
Parallel Voltage

This research presents a simulation analysis for the AC-DC converter circuit with a different configurations of the array connection of the piezoelectric sensor. The selection of AC-DC converter circuits is full wave bridge rectifier (FWBR), parallel SSHI (P-SSHI) and parallel voltage multiplier (PVM) with array configuration variation in series (S), parallel (P), series-parallel (SP) and parallel-series (PS). The system optimizes with different load configurations ranging from 10 kΩ to 1 MΩ. The best configuration of AC-DC converter with an appropriate array piezoelectric connection producing the optimum output of harvested power is presented. According to the simulation results, the harvested power produced by using P-SSHI converter connected with 3 parallel piezoelectric transducer array was 85.9% higher than for PVM and 15.88% higher than FWBR.

scholarly journals Correction: Analysis of the effects of acoustic levitation to simulate the microgravity environment on the development of early zebrafish embryos

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 3891-3891
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Ning Gu ◽  
Huijuan Dong ◽  
Bingsheng Li ◽  
Kenneth T. V. Grattan
Keyword(s):  
Microgravity Environment ◽  
Acoustic Levitation ◽  
Zebrafish Embryos

Correction for ‘Analysis of the effects of acoustic levitation to simulate the microgravity environment on the development of early zebrafish embryos’ by Li Li et al., RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 44593–44600, DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07344J.

scholarly journals Analysis of the effects of acoustic levitation to simulate the microgravity environment on the development of early zebrafish embryos

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (72) ◽  
pp. 44593-44600
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Ning Gu ◽  
Huijuan Dong ◽  
Bingsheng Li ◽  
Kenneth T. V. G.
Keyword(s):  
Wave Field ◽  
Standing Wave ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Microgravity Environment ◽  
Acoustic Levitation ◽  
Zebrafish Embryos ◽  
Acoustic Standing Wave ◽  
Standing Wave Field

Influence of acoustic standing wave field creating acoustic levitation, on each development stage of early zebrafish embryos has been studied.

scholarly journals Self-organization and culture of Mesenchymal Stem Cell spheroids in acoustic levitation

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Jeger-Madiot ◽  
Lousineh Arakelian ◽  
Niclas Setterblad ◽  
Patrick Bruneval ◽  
Mauricio Hoyos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
3D Cell Culture ◽  
Culture Conditions ◽  
Acoustic Levitation ◽  
Cell Sheets ◽  
Cell Therapies ◽  
Cellular Models ◽  
Cell Spheroids

AbstractIn recent years, 3D cell culture models such as spheroid or organoid technologies have known important developments. Many studies have shown that 3D cultures exhibit better biomimetic properties compared to 2D cultures. These properties are important for in-vitro modeling systems, as well as for in-vivo cell therapies and tissue engineering approaches. A reliable use of 3D cellular models still requires standardized protocols with well-controlled and reproducible parameters. To address this challenge, a robust and scaffold-free approach is proposed, which relies on multi-trap acoustic levitation. This technology is successfully applied to Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) maintained in acoustic levitation over a 24-h period. During the culture, MSCs spontaneously self-organized from cell sheets to cell spheroids with a characteristic time of about 10 h. Each acoustofluidic chip could contain up to 30 spheroids in acoustic levitation and four chips could be ran in parallel, leading to the production of 120 spheroids per experiment. Various biological characterizations showed that the cells inside the spheroids were viable, maintained the expression of their cell surface markers and had a higher differentiation capacity compared to standard 2D culture conditions. These results open the path to long-time cell culture in acoustic levitation of cell sheets or spheroids for any type of cells.

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