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SUBMITTER: Bourquin Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3576398 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20130219 2
Microactuation of free standing objects in fluids is currently dominated by the rotary propeller, giving rise to a range of potential applications in the military, aeronautic and biomedical fields. Previously, surface acoustic waves (SAWs) have been shown to be of increasing interest in the field of microfluidics, where the refraction of a SAW into a drop of fluid creates a convective flow, a phenomenon generally known as SAW streaming. We now show how SAWs, generated at microelectronic devices, ...[more]