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Motion controlled by sound

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A simple technique has been developed that produces holograms made of sound waves. These acoustic landscapes are used to manipulate microscale objects, and offer great potential in medical imaging and selective heating. See Letter p.518

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Figure 1: Holograms of sound.

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  1. Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Adrian Neild is at the Laboratory for Microsystems, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.,

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Neild, A. Motion controlled by sound. Nature 537, 493–494 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/537493a

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