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Dialogues on Levitation Techniques and Acoustic Levitation

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This chapter is in the form of dialogues which took place at three different scenarios. In the dialogues, the fundamental principle, applications and future directions of acoustic levitation as well as the comparison with other levitation techniques are discussed.

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Zang, D. (2020). Dialogues on Levitation Techniques and Acoustic Levitation. In: Zang, D. (eds) Acoustic Levitation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9065-5_1

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