acoustophoresis
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acoustophoresis (uncountable)
- acoustic levitation; a method for suspending matter in a medium by using acoustic radiation pressure from intense sound waves in the medium
- 2015 November 12, “Cancer Cell Analyses at the Single Cell-Level Using Electroactive Microwell Array Device”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Recently, several groups have been developing microfluidic devices to isolate CTCs from normal blood components, for example, by using antibody coated microposts, dielectrophoresis, size-based separation by a microfilter or acoustophoresis, etc.