Particle manipulations based on acoustic valley topological rainbow defect-state trapping

TL;DR

This paper introduces a topological rainbow defect-state trapping method for acoustic manipulation, enabling long-distance particle movement and capture in deep solutions, overcoming energy loss issues of traditional acoustic wave techniques.

Contribution

It presents a novel topological approach for acoustic particle manipulation that allows flexible, long-distance control in deep solutions, which was not achievable with previous methods.

Findings

Achieved long-distance particle manipulation in deep solutions.

Demonstrated adjustable acoustic pressure points via frequency tuning.

Provided a reliable method for continuous particle movement and capture.

Abstract

Acoustic microfluidic is an important technology in particle manipulations in biomedical analyses and detections. However, the particle-movement manipulations achieved by the standing surface acoustic wave is suitable for particles in a thin layer of fluids, however it is difficult to manipulate particles in deeper solutions due to the energy loss of surface acoustic waves. The traditional standing bulk wave method can realize the particle manipulation in deep solutions, but it cannot work properly for particle manipulation within a long distance due to the energy loss. In this work, the topological rainbow defect-state trapping is realized, the results show that an effect of point accumulation of acoustic pressure in the waveguide path exists, the position of maximum acoustic pressure can be adjusted flexibly by changing the frequency of the incident acoustic wave, based on which, long-distance movement and capture manipulations of particles in deep solution have been realized. The phenomenon presented in this work can provide a reliable method for manipulations of continuous long-distance particle movement and capture to meet the demand of multiple processing steps in biochemical analyses and detections. The experiment verification results will be presented in the near future.