Acoustic tweezers for high-throughput single-cell analysis

Shujie Yang, Joseph Rufo, Ruoyu Zhong, Joseph Rich, Zeyu Wang, Luke P. Lee, Tony Jun Huang

Published: 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-023-00844-5

High-throughput

Acoustic tweezers

Single-cell analysis

Cell manipulation

Device fabrication

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Supplementary Figs. 1–4, Table 1, Notes 1 and 2 and Appendix 1.

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Fabrication process of the acoustic tweezers.

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