Publications

2021

A. Pourabed, T. Younas, C. Liu, B. K. Shanbhag, L. He, T. Alan. High throughput acoustic microfluidic mixer controls self-assembly of protein nanoparticles with tuneable sizes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 585 (2021) 229–236
C. K. Ng, H. Deng, H. Li, W. Yin, T. Alan, J, J. Jasieniak. Synthesis of CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals with acoustically actuated millisecond mixing. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 313-321
J. W. Ng, A. Neild. Multiple outcome particle manipulation using cascaded surface acoustic waves (CSAW). Microfluid Nanofluid 25, 16 (2021)

2020

J. Gai, R. Nosrati, A. Neild. High DNA integrity sperm selection using surface acoustic waves. Lab Chip, 2020,20, 4262-4272
R. Habibi, V. He, S. Ghavamian, A. de Marco, T-H. Lee, M. I. Aguilar, D. Zhu, R. Lim, A. Neild. Exosome trapping and enrichment using a Sound Wave Activated Nano-Sieve (SWANS). Lab Chip, 2020,20, 3633-3643
H. Zou, H. Kang, A. Slim, A. Neild. Pore-scale multiple-contact miscibility measurements in a microfluidic chip. Lab Chip, 2020,20, 3582-3590
S. Huang, C. Feng, E. L. H. Mayes, B. Yao, Z. He, S. Asadi, T. Alan, J. Yang. In situ synthesis of silver nanowire gel and its super-elastic composite foams. Nanoscale, 2020,12, 19861-19869
S. Asadi, Z. He, F. Heydari, D. Li, M. R. Yuce, Tuncay Alan. Graphene elastomer electrodes for medical sensing applications: Combining high sensitivity, low noise and excellent skin compatibility enabling continuous medical monitoring. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3003300.
Y. Zhang, M. Sesen, A. de Marco, A. Neild. Capacitive sensing for monitoring of microfluidic protocols using nanolitre dispensing and acoustic mixing. Anal. Chem. 2020, 92, 15, 10725–10732
C. Devendran, K. Choi, J. Han, Y. Ai, A. Neild, D. J. Collins. Diffraction-based acoustic manipulation in microchannels enables continuous particle and bacteria focusing. Lab Chip, 2020,20, 2674-2688
J. Zhou, R. Habibi, F. Akbaridoust, A. Neild, and R. Nosrati. Paper-based Acoustofluidics for Separating Particles and Cells. Anal. Chem. 2020, 92, 12, 8569–8578
C. Richard, A. Neild, V. Cadarso. The Emerging Role of Microfluidics in Multi-Material 3D Bioprinting. Lab Chip, 2020,20, 2044-2056
M. M. A. Mohammed, C. He, S. Cincotta, A. Neild, J. Armstrong. Communication Aspects of Visible Light Positioning (VLP) Systems Using a Quadrature Angular Diversity Aperture (QADA) Receiver. Sensors 2020, 20(7), 1977
I. J. Aitkenhead, G. A. Duffy, C. Devendran, M. R. Kearney, A. Neild, S. L. Chown. Tracheal branching in ants is area-decreasing, violating a central assumption of network transport models. PLoS Comput Biol 16(4): e1007853
S. Agnihotri, M.R. Raveshi, R. Bhardwaj, A. Neild. Microfluidic Valves for Selective On-chip Droplet Splitting at Multiple Sites. Langmuir 2020, 36, 5, 1138-1146
H. A. N. Le, H. Deng, C. Devendran, N. Akhtar, X. Ma, C. W. Pouton, H-K. Chan, A. Neild, T. Alan. Ultrafast star-shaped acoustic micromixer for high throughput nanoparticle synthesis. Lab Chip, 2020,20, 582-591
J. Brenker, C. Devendran, A. Neild, T. Alan. On-demand sample injection: Combining acoustic actuation with a tear-drop shaped nozzle to generate droplets with precise spatial and temporal control. Lab Chip, 2020,20, 253-265
L. K. Malla, R. Bhardwaj, A.Neild. Colloidal deposit of an evaporating sessile droplet on a non-uniformly heated substrate. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 584, (2020), 124009

2019

L. Hong, M. Sesen, A. Hawley, A. Neild, P. T. Spicer, B. J. Boyd.Comparison of bulk and microfluidic methods to monitor the phase behaviour of nanoparticles during digestion of lipid-based drug formulations using in situ X-ray scattering. Soft Matter, 2019,15, 9565-9578
C. Devendran, J. Carthew, J. E. Frith, A. Neild. Cell Adhesion, Morphology, and Metabolism Variation via Acoustic Exposure within Microfluidic Cell Handling Systems. Adv. Sci. 2019, 6, 1902326
D. J. Collins, R. O. Rorke, A. Neild, J. Han, Y. Ai. Acoustic fields and microfluidic patterning around embedded micro-structures subject to surface acoustic waves. Soft Matter, 2019, Advance Article
H. Zou, A. C. Slim, A. Neild. Rapid characterization of multiple-contact miscibility: towards a slim-tube on a chip. Anal. Chem.2019, 2019, 91, 21, 13681-13687
R. Habibi, A. Neild. Sound Wave Activated Nano-Sieve (SWANS) for High Performance Enrichment of Nanoparticles. Lab Chip, 2019,19, 3032-3044
M. Sesen, A. Fakhfouri, A. Neild. Coalescence of Surfactant-Stabilised Adjacent Droplets using Surface Acoustic Waves. Anal. Chem. 2019, 91, 12, 7538-7545
R. Salomon, D. Kaczorowski, F. Valdes-Mora, R. E. Nordon, A. Neild, N. Farbehi, N. Bartonicek, D. Gallego-Ortega. Droplet-based single cell RNAseq tools: a practical guide. Lab Chip, 2019,19, 1706-1727
M. R. Raveshi, S. N. Agnihotri, M. Sesen, R. Bhardwaj, A. Neild. Selective droplet splitting using single layer microfluidic valves. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 292: 233-240 (2019)
D. Ashtiani, A. de Marco, A. Neild. Tailoring surface acoustic wave atomisation for cryo-electron microscopy sample preparation. Lab Chip, 2019,19, 1378-1385
S. N. Agnihotri, M. R. Raveshi, R. Bhardwaj, A. Neild. Droplet breakup at the entrance to a bypass channel in a microfluidic system. Phys. Rev. Applied 11, 034020
L. K. Malla, R. Bhardwaj, A. Neild. Analysis of profile and morphology of colloidal deposits obtained from evaporating sessile droplets. Colloids and Surfaces A 567 (2019) 150–160
S. Cincotta, C. He, A. Neild, J. Armstrong. Indoor Visible Light Positioning: Overcoming the Practical Limitations of the Quadrant Angular Diversity Aperture Receiver (QADA) by Using the Two-Stage QADA-Plus Receiver. Sensors 2019, 19(4), 956
Y. Zhang, C. Devendran, C. Lupton, A. de Marco, A. Neild. Versatile platform for performing protocols on a chip utilizing surface acoustic wave (SAW) driven mixing. Lab Chip, 2019,19, 262-271

2018

S. Gorelick, T. Alan, A. Z. Sadek, R. T. Tjeung, A. de Marco. Nanofluidic and monolithic environmental cells for cryogenic microscopy. Nanotechnology 30 (2019) 085301
A. Fakhfouri, C. Devendran, A. Ahmed, J. Soria, A. Neild. The size dependant behaviour of particles driven by a travelling surface acoustic wave (TSAW). Lab Chip, 2018,18, 3926-3938.
P. Agrawal, P. S. Gandhi, A. Neild. Continuous focusing of microparticles in horizontally actuated rectangular channels. Phys. Rev. Applied 10, 024036
A. Fakhfouri, C. Devendran, T. Albrecht, D. J. Collins, A. Winkler, H. Schmidt, A. Neild. Surface acoustic wave diffraction driven mechanisms in microfluidic systems. Lab Chip, 2018,18, 2214-2224
S. Cincotta, C. He, A. Neild, J. Armstrong. High angular resolution visible light positioning using a quadrant photodiode angular diversity aperture receiver (QADA). Opt. Express 26, 9230-9242 (2018)
D, Ashtiani, H. Venugopal, M. Belousoff, B. Spicer, J. Mak, A. Neild, A. Marco. Delivery of femtolitre droplets using surface acoustic wave based atomisation for cryo-EM grid preparation. Journal of Structural Biology. 203 (2), 94-101 (2018)
N. H. A. Le, H. V. Phan, J. Yu, H. Chan, A. Neild, T. Alan. Acoustically enhanced microfluidic mixer to synthesize highly uniform nanodrugs without the addition of stabilizers. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 13, 1353-1359 (2018)
D. J. Collins, R. O'Rorke, C. Devendran, Z. Ma, J. Han, A. Neild, Y. Ai. Self-aligned acoustofluidic particle focusing and patterning in microfluidic channels based acoustic waveguides. Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 074502 (2018)

2017

L. K. Malla, N. D. Patil, R. Bhardwaj, A. Neild. Droplet Bouncing and Breakup during impact on a Microgrooved Surface. Langmuir, 2017, 33 (38), pp 9620–9631
J. W. Ng, C. Devendran, A. Neild. Acoustic tweezing of particles using decaying opposing travelling surface acoustic waves (DOTSAW). Lab Chip, 2017,17, 3489-3497
R. Habibi, C. Devendran, A. Neild. Trapping and Patterning of Large Particles and Cells in a 1D Ultrasonic Standing Wave. Lab Chip, 2017, 17,3279-3290
L. K. Malla, N. D. Patil, R. Bhardwaj, A. Neild. Droplet Bouncing and Breakup during Impact on a Microgrooved Surface. Langmuir, 2017, 33 (38), pp 9620–9631
M. Sesen, T. Alan, A. Neild. Droplet Control Technologies for Microfluidic High Throughput Screening (μHTS). Lab Chip, 2017,17, 2372-2394
M. B. Coskun, L. Qiu, M. S. Arefin, A. Neild, M. Yuce, D. Li, T. Alan. Detecting Subtle Vibrations Using Graphene-Based Cellular Elastomers. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (13), pp 11345–11349
C. Devendran, D. J. Collins, Y. Ai, A. Neild. Huygens-Fresnel Acoustic Interference and the Development of Robust Time-Averaged Patterns from Traveling Surface Acoustic Waves. Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 154501 (2017)
Y. Hu, Y. Wu, C. Devendran, J. Wei, Y. Liang, M. Matsukata, W. Shen, A. Neild, H. Huang, H. Wang. Preparation of Nanoporous Graphene Oxide by Nanocrystal-masked Etching: Toward Nacre-mimetic Metal Organic Framework Molecular Sieving Membrane. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 16255-16262
M. Sesen, C. Devendran, S. Malikides, T. Alan, A. Neild. Surface acoustic wave enabled Pipette on a Chip. Lab Chip, 2017,17, 438-447

2016

S. T. Martin, A. Akbari, P.C. Banerjee, A. Neild, M. Majumder. The inside-out supercapacitor: induced charge storage in reduced graphene oxide. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016,18, 32185-32191
J. W. Ng, D. J. Collins, C. Devendran, Y. Ai, A. Neild. Flow-rate-insensitive deterministic particle sorting using a combination of travelling and standing surface acoustic waves. Microfluid Nanofluid (2016), 20(11), 1-12
A. Neild. Acoustics: Motion controlled by sound. Nature 537,493–494
M. B. Coskun, A. Akbari, D. T. H. Lai, A. Neild, M. Majumder, T. Alan. Ultrasensitive Strain Sensor Produced by Direct Patterning of Liquid Crystals of Graphene Oxide on a Flexible Substrate. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (34), pp 22501–22505
C. Devendran, T. Albrecht, J. Brenker, T. Alan, A. Neild. The importance of travelling wave components in standing surface acoustic wave (SSAW) systems. Lab Chip, 2016,16, 3756-3766
A. Fakhfouri, C. Devendran, D. J. Collins, Y. Ai, A. Neild, Virtual membrane for filtration of particles using surface acoustic waves (SAW). Lab Chip, 2016, 16, 3515–3523
D. J. Collins, C. Devendran, Z. Ma, J. W. Ng, A. Neild, Y. Ai, Acoustic tweezers via sub–time-of-flight regime surface acoustic waves. Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2016, 2, no. 7, e160008
H. V. Phan, T. Alan, A. Neild, Droplet manipulation using acoustic streaming induced by a vibrating membrane, Anal. Chem., 2016, 88 (11), pp 5696–5703
D. B. Shinde, J. Brenker, C. D. Easton, R. F. Tabor, A. Neild, M. Majumder, Shear Assisted Electrochemical Exfoliation of Graphite to Graphene, Langmuir, 32 (14), 3552-3559 (2016)
P. Agrawal, P. S. Gandhi, A. Neild, Particle manipulation affected by streaming flows in vertically actuated open rectangular chambers, Physics of Fluids, 28, 032001 (2016)
C. Devendran, D. R. Billson, D. A. Hutchins, A. Neild, Optimisation of an acoustic resonator for particle manipulation in air. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 224:529-538, (2016)
J. C. Brenker, D. J. Collins, H. V. Phan, T. Alan, A. Neild, On-chip droplet production regimes using surface acoustic waves. Lab on a Chip, 16(9). 1675-1683 (2016)
C. Devendran, N. R. Gunasekara, D. J. Collins, A. Neild, Batch process particle separation using surface acoustic waves (SAW): integration of travelling and standing SAW. RSC Adv, 6:5856-5864 (2016)
D. J. Collins, A. Neild, Y. Ai, Highly focused high-frequency travelling surface acoustic waves (SAW) for rapid single-particle sorting. Lab on a Chip, 16(3), 471-479 (2016)
L. Qiu, M. B. Coskun, Y. Tang, J. Z. Liu, T. Alan, J. Ding, V.T. Truong, D. Li, Ultrafast Dynamic Piezoresistive Response of Graphene-Based Cellular Elastomers. Advanced Materials, 28(1), 194-200 (2016)

Pre - 2015

2015
- S. I. Moore, M. B. Coskun, T. Alan, A. Neild, S. O. R. Moheimani, Feedback-Controlled MEMS Force Sensor for Characterization of Microcantilevers, Journal of Microelectromechanical systems, 24, 1092-1101, (2015)
- M. Sesen, T. Alan, A. Neild, Microfluidic plug steering using surface acoustic waves, Lab Chip, 15, 3030-3038 (2015)
- D. J. Collins, A. Neild, A. de Mello, A.-Q. Liu, Y. Ai, The Poisson distribution and beyond: methods for microfluidic droplet production and single cell encapsulation, Lab Chip, 15, 3439-3459 (2015)
- H. V. Phan, M. B. Coşkun, M. Şeşen, G. Pandraud, A. Neild, T. Alan, Vibrating membrane with discontinuities for rapid and efficient microfluidic mixing, Lab Chip, 15, 4206-4216 (2015)
- P. Agrawal, P. S. Gandhi, A. Neild, Frequency effects on microparticle motion in horizontally actuated open rectangular chambers, Microfluid Nanofluid, 19, 1209–1219 (2015)
- D. J. Collins, B. Morahan, J. Garcia-Bustos, C. Doerig, M. Plebanski, A. Neild, Two-dimensional single-cell patterning with one cell per well driven by surface acoustic waves, Nature Communications, 6, 8686 (2015)
2014
- S. Arefin, B. Coskun, T. Alan, J. Redoute, A. Neild, M. R. Yuce, A Microfabricated Fringing Field Capacitive pH Sensor with an Integrated Readout Circuit, Applied Physics Letters 104, 223503(2014).
- P. Agrawal, P. S Gandhi, A. Neild, Quantification and comparison of low frequency microparticle collection mechanism in an open rectangular chamber, Journal of Applied Physics, 115 (17), 174505 (2014).
- B. Coskun, S. Moore, R. Moheimani, A. Neild, T. Alan, Zero Displacement Microelectromechanical Force Sensor Using Feedback Control, Applied Physics Letters, 15, 4 (2014).
- J. Nee Tan, C. Ma, N. Sivanantha, A. Neild, Bubble inducing cell lysis in a sessile droplet, Applied Physics Letters 104 (10), 103704 (2014).
- I. Gralinski, S. Raymond, T. Alan, A. Neild, Continuous flow ultrasonic particle trapping in a glass capillary, Journal of Applied Physics 115 (5), 054505 (2014).
- C. Devendran, I. Gralinski, A. Neild, Separation of particles using acoustic streaming and radiation forces in an open microfluidic channel, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 17, 879-890 (2014).
- D. J. Collins, T. Alan, A. Neild, Particle separation using virtual deterministic lateral displacement (vDLD), Lab on a Chip 14 (9), 1595-1603 (2014).
- M. Sesen, T. Alan, A. Neild, Microfluidic on-demand droplet merging using surface acoustic waves, Lab Chip, 14 (2014) 3325-3333
- J. N. Tan, T. Alan, A. Neild, Open microdroplet diluter for concentration-gradient generation, Appl. Phys. Express, 7, 087201 (2014).
- D. J. Collins, T. Alan, A. Neild, The particle valve: On-demand particle trapping, filtering, and release from a microfabricated polydimethylsiloxane membrane using surface acoustic waves, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105 (2014) 033509
- S. T. Martin, A. Neild, M. Majumder, Graphene-based ion rectifier using macroscale geometric asymmetry, Applied Physics Letters Materials, 2 , 092803 (2014)
- N. Sivanantha, C. Ma, D. J. Collins, M. Sesen, J. Brenker, R. L. Coppel, A. Neild, T. Alan, Characterization of adhesive properties of red blood cells using surface acoustic waves induced flows for rapid diagnostics, Applied Physics Letters, 105, 103704 (2014)
- H. V. Phan, M. Sesen, T. Alan, A. Neild, Single line particle focussing using a vibrating bubble, Applied Physics Letters, 105, 193507 (2014)
- P. Agrawal, P. S. Gandhi, A. Neild, Microparticle Response to Two-Dimensional Streaming Flows in Rectangular Chambers Undergoing Low-Frequency Horizontal Vibrations, Physical Review Applied 2, 064008 (2014)
2013
- T. Q. Wang, Y. A. Sekercioglu, A. Neild, J. Armstrong, Position Accuracy of Time-of-Arrival Based Ranging Using Visible Light With Application in Indoor Localization Systems, Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 31, Issue 20, pp. 3302-3308 (2013).
- B. Coskun, K. Thotahewa, Y. Ying, M. Yuce, A. Neild, . Alan, Nanoscale displacement sensing using microfabricated variable inductance planar coils, Applied Physics Letters 103 (15) (2013).
- P. Agrawal, P. S. Gandhi, A. Neild, The mechanics of microparticle collection in an open fluid volume undergoing low frequency horizontal vibration, Journal of Applied Physics, 114, 114904 (2013).
- R. Jensen, I. Gralinski, A. Neild, Ultrasonic Manipulation of Particles in an Open Fluid Film, IEEE transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 60 (9), 1964-1970, (2013).
- J. N. Tan, W. Y. L. Ling, A. Neild, Selective Liquid Droplet Transfer Using Injected Bubbles, Appl. Phys. Express, 6, 077301 (2013).
- M. Pomaroff, A. Neild, Controlled particle positioning using liquid film squeeze flow, Sensors and Actuators B, 181, 925-931 (2013).
- P. Rogers, I. Gralinski, C. Galtry, A. Neild, Selective particle and cell clustering at airliquid interfaces within ultrasonic microfluidic systems, Microfluidics Nanofluidics 14, 469477 (2013).
- J. N. Tan, T. Alan, A. Neild, Stability of flowing open fluidic channels, AIP Advances 3, 022121 (2013).
- J. Mueller, N. Haghparastmojaveri, T. Alan, A. Neild The role height plays in the spreading of liquid droplets over sharp edges, Applied Physics Letters 102 (4), 041605-041605-5 (2013).
- D. Collins, T. Alan, K. Helmerson, A. Neild (2013). Surface acoustic waves for on-demand production of picoliter droplets and particle encapsulation, Lab on a Chip 13 (16), 3225 - 3231 (2013).