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Handy nanoquakes

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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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Fig. 1: HANDS implements versatile acoustic manipulation of colloids in a lab-on-chip.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

    Hubert J. Krenner

  2. Physiology, Institute of Theoretical Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany

    Christoph Westerhausen

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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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