Manipulation with sound and vibration: A review on the micromanipulation system based on sub-MHz acoustic waves

Manipulation of micro-objects have been playing an essential role in biochemical analysis or clinical diagnostics. Among the diverse technologies for micromanipulation, acoustic methods show the advantages of good biocompatibility, wide tunability, a label-free and contactless manner. Thus, acoustic micromanipulations have been widely exploited in micro-analysis systems. In this article, we reviewed the acoustic micromanipulation systems that were actuated by sub-MHz acoustic waves. In contrast to the high-frequency range, the acoustic microsystems operating at sub-MHz acoustic frequency are more accessible, whose acoustic sources are at low cost and even available from daily acoustic devices (e.g. buzzers, speakers, piezoelectric plates). The broad availability, with the addition of the advantages of acoustic micromanipulation, make sub-MHz microsystems promising for a variety of biomedical applications. Here, we review recent progresses in sub-MHz acoustic micromanipulation technologies, focusing on their applications in biomedical fields. These technologies are based on the basic acoustic phenomenon, such as cavitation, acoustic radiation force, and acoustic streaming. And categorized by their applications, we introduce these systems for mixing, pumping and droplet generation, separation and enrichment, patterning, rotation, propulsion and actuation. The diverse applications of these systems hold great promise for a wide range of enhancements in biomedicines and attract increasing interest for further investigation.     

Dual effects of ultrasound on fabrication of anodic aluminum oxide

Ultrasound has been proven to enhance the mass transfer process and impact the fabrication of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO). However, the different effects of ultrasound propagating in different media make the specific target and process of ultrasound in AAO remain unclear, and the effects of ultrasound on AAO reported in previous studies are contradictory. These uncertainties have greatly limited the application of ultrasonic-assisted anodization (UAA) in practice. In this study, the bubble desorption and mass transfer enhancement effects were decoupled based on an anodizing system with focused ultrasound, such that the dual effects of ultrasound on different targets were distinguished. The results showed that ultrasound has the dual effects on AAO fabrication. Specifically, ultrasound focused on the anode has a nanopore-expansion effect on AAO, leading to a 12.24 % improvement in fabrication efficiency. This was attributed to the promotion of interfacial ion migration through ultrasonic-induced high-frequency vibrational bubble desorption. However, AAO nanopores were observed to shrink when ultrasound was focused on the electrolyte, accompanied by a 25.85 % reduction in fabrication efficiency. The effects of ultrasound on mass transfer through jet cavitation appeared to be the reason for this phenomenon. This study resolved the paradoxical phenomena of UAA in previous studies and is expected to guide AAO application in electrochemistry and surface treatments.     

Transition mechanisms of translational motions of bubbles in an ultrasonic field

The translation behaviors of oscillating bubbles are closely related to the polymerizations and dispersions between them, which are crucial for the ultrasonic cavitation effect. In this study, six types of translational motion of bubbles with a wide range of sizes (2–100 μm) in the R₀₁-R₀₂ plane are investigated. Our results demonstrate that in addition (to the 2nd order harmonic), the 1/2 order subharmonic can change the bubble pairs from the three states of the attraction, stable after attraction, and repulsion to that of the repulsion, coalescence, and attraction, respectively. Furthermore, within the range of the main resonance radius and the 1/2 order subharmonic resonance radius, the chaotic bubble pairs with alternating attractive and repulsive forces appear in the region between the coalescence pairs and stable pairs after attraction. Finally, the corresponding physical mechanisms of the chaotic translational motions are also revealed.     

单相旋转型驻波超声电机的数学模型及仿真

尽管单相驱动的旋转型驻波超声电机的原理样机早巳研制成功，但对这类电机的运动机理的研究却一直局限在定性分析上。本文将从能量角度，根据Hamilton变分原理，定、转子摩擦界面采用纯滑动模型建立了该种电机的数学模型；并根据此模型，用MATLAB语言作了计算机仿真，得到了该种电机的开、关过程动态响应。     

Ultrasonic devulcanization of waste rubbers: Experimentation and modeling

Continuous ultrasonic devulcanization of ground tire rubber (GRT) and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) is considered. Experiments are performed under various processing conditions. Two recipes of SBR with different amounts of polysulfidic linkages are utilized. Gel fraction and crosslink density of devulcanized rubbers are measured and a unique relationship between them is established. Die characteristics with and without imposition of ultrasonic waves are determined. Devulcanized samples are revulcanized and mechanical properties are measured. In some cases, properties of revulcanized SBR samples exceeded those of virgin vulcanizates. This is explained based on the presence of a double network in the revulcanized rubber. A modification of acoustic cavitation and flow modeling of ultrasonic devulcanization of SBR and GRT is proposed using a concept of effective viscosity characterizing the flow of vulcanized particles before devulcanization combined with a shear rate, temperature and gel fraction-dependent viscosity of devulcanized rubber. Velocity, shear rate, pressure, and temperature field along with gel fraction, crosslink density and number of bonds broken are simulated. Predicted data on gel fraction, crosslink density, and pressure using the present modification of the model are found to be closer to experimental data then previously reported.Dedicated to the memory of Professor Tasos C. Papanastasiou     

The Peculiar Dynamics of Cavitation Bubbles

Details from cavitation bubble dynamics are reported: jet formation, counterjet formation, shock wave radiation and light emission. Multiple shock wave radiation from single bubble collapse with jet formation could be time resolved by high speed photography with 20 million frames per second. An explanation of counterjet formation is given. Pictures of the light emission (sonoluminescence) in acoustic cavitation are presented.     

回转体局部空泡绕流的非线性分析

基于面元法, 通过在回转体和空泡壁面放置源汇,对回转体定长局部空泡的绕流问题进行了分析和讨论,并提出了求解回转体局部空泡绕流“正问题”的方法。计算结果表明：所给出的方法具有快速收敛的特征,第1次迭代和最终收敛时空泡壁面切向速度的误差不超过5％;随着回转体面元总数N的增加,局部空泡的空泡数σ趋于稳定;通过比较可知,该方法得到的理论估算值与实测值的一致性较好。     

C/C-SiC复合材料的制备及其湿式摩擦磨损性能研究

采用T700炭纤维针刺毡,经超声振动渗硅、化学气相沉积(CVD)、硅化处理及液相浸渍/炭化新工艺制备SiC呈"岛状"分布的C/C-SiC复合材料,利用偏光显微镜和扫描电子显微镜观察其微观组织结构并分析其形成机制,在MM-1000型湿式摩擦磨损试验机上研究C/C-SiC复合材料的摩擦磨损性能.结果表明:在初始转速恒定的条件下,动摩擦系数随制动比压的增加而逐渐减小;当制动比压恒定时,摩擦系数随初始转速的增加呈现出先增大而后降低的趋势;在本文试验条件下,摩擦系数稳定在0.088～0.126之间;在300次磨损试验后,其磨损量检测值为0.     

Generation and evolution of cavitation in magma under dynamic unloading

The full system of equations for the problem of rarefaction-wave passage over the magma-melt column in the gravity field is derived with the use of the kinetic theory of phase transformations, and the problem is numerically solved. With allowance for diffusion zones and nucleation frequency as a function of supersaturation, the dependence of the number of cavitation nuclei formed in the course of phase transformations behind the rarefaction-wave front is found. The dynamics of the size distribution of cavitation bubbles along the magma-melt column (1 km) whose viscosity varies dynamically as a function of the concentration of dissolved water is studied.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 71–80, March–April, 2005.     

通气法控制超空泡流动的实验研究

在高速水洞中运用人工通气方法进行了航行体模型超空泡形态特性的系列实验研究.获得了不同通气流量、不同空化数和不同弗鲁德数下的空泡形态,建立了以弗鲁德数为参数的空泡几何特征参数与空化数的对应关系、空化数与通气流量系数之间的对应关系.验证了空化数是决定空泡尺度的主要无因次参数,通过改变通气流量可以有效地调控空化数,进而达到控制空泡形态的目的.文中同时给出了通气流量系数的实验曲线拟合公式,并与国外的相关实验和公式进行了比较,两者基本一致.所得结论对进一步的水下超高速航行体空泡形态控制技术研究具有参考价值.