High-Throughput Acoustofluidic Self-Assembly of Colloidal Crystals

Meghana Akella1, Jaime J Juárez1

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2529 Union Drive, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States.

ACS Omega
|August 29, 2019
PubMed
Summary

This study presents a novel acoustofluidic method for the continuous, high-throughput assembly of two-dimensional (2D) colloidal crystals. This technique offers a scalable and efficient alternative to traditional methods for creating ordered colloidal structures.

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