Recent progress on acoustofluidic manipulation of cells and particles

Special Topic: Flexible Electronics and Micro/Nanomanufacturing

Open Access

Review

Issue		Natl Sci Open Volume 4, Number 2, 2025 Special Topic: Flexible Electronics and Micro/Nanomanufacturing


Article Number		20230080
Number of page(s)		22
Section		Engineering
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20230080
Published online		05 March 2024

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