Electrically programmable Fourier-synthesized acoustic tweezers enable facile manipulation of micrometre-sized objects, colloids and living cells in a lab-on-chip device that combines high throughput with minimal invasive yet highly tunable force fields.
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Krenner, H.J., Westerhausen, C. Handy nanoquakes. Nat. Mater. 21, 499–501 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01236-y
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