Music-Powered Microfluidics

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Music-Powered Microfluidics

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Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to control the movement of tiny droplets of fluid in a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device—with sound. The scientists use several musical tones to move droplets along different channels on a chip. By combining tones or applying them at appropriate times, they can move liquids along multiple channels and even mix, split, and sort the liquids...http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/diagnostics/musicpowered-microfluidics
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