超声波空气污染物颗粒采样器的新结构及其特性研究*

超声波空气污染物颗粒采样器具有可采集低浓度颗粒污染物、采样速度快、重复性好、结构简单、易分析被采集物以及不破坏污染物成分等优点。为了进一步提高其采样效率,该文提出了一种超声波空气污染物颗粒采样器的新结构。该采样器由超声换能器、被粘接在换能器声辐射面上的圆形声辐射板以及与声辐射板平行的采样板组成。该采样器利用声辐射力和声学流场驱动空气中的污染物颗粒快速聚集到采样板上。样机测试表明,该结构在空气污染物颗粒初始浓度为4 mg/L以及辐射板中心位置的振动速度为0.29 m/s时,对烟雾中PM2.5和PM2.5-10颗粒的采样效率为16.3 mg/m~2·min·W。与不采用高阶弯曲振动圆形声辐射板的结构相比,其采样效率增加了110%。     

Rotational manipulation of massive particles in a 2D acoustofluidic chamber constituted by multiple nonlinear vibration sources

Rotational manipulation of massive particles and biological samples is essential for the development of miniaturized lab-on-a-chip platforms in the fields of chemical, medical, and biological applications. In this paper, a device concept of a two-dimensional acoustofluidic chamber actuated by multiple nonlinear vibration sources is proposed. The functional chamber enables the generation of acoustic streaming vortices for potential applications that include strong mixing of multi-phase flows and rotational manipulation of micro-/nano-scale objects without any rotating component. Using numerical simulations, we find that diversified acoustofluidic fields can be generated in the chamber under various actuations, and massive polystyrene beads inside can experience different acoustophoretic motions under the combined effect of an acoustic radiation force and acoustic streaming. Moreover, we investigate and clarify the effects of structural design on modulation of the acoustofluidic fields in the chamber. We believe the presented study could not only provide a promising potential tool for rotational acoustofluidic manipulation, but could also bring this community some useful design insights into the achievement of desired acoustofluidic fields for assorted microfluidic applications.