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2020

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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. 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)

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)

Pre - 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)​
  • Thomas Q. Wang, Y. Ahmet Sekercioglu, Adrian Neild, Jean 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).
  • Bulut Coskun, Kasun Thotahewa, York Ying, Mehmet Yuce, Adrian Neild, Tuncay Alan, Nanoscale displacement sensing using microfabricated variable inductance planar coils, Applied Physics Letters 103 (15) (2013).
  • Prashant Agrawal, Prasanna S. Gandhi, Adrian 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).
  • Jue Nee Tan, William Y. L. Ling, Adrian Neild, Selective Liquid Droplet Transfer Using Injected Bubbles, Appl. Phys. Express, 6, 077301 (2013).
  • Matthew Pomaroff, Adrian Neild, Controlled particle positioning using liquid film squeeze flow, Sensors and Actuators B, 181, 925-931 (2013).
  • Priscilla Rogers, Ian Gralinski, Cameron Galtry, Adrian Neild, Selective particle and cell clustering at airliquid interfaces within ultrasonic microfluidic systems, Microfluidics Nanofluidics 14, 469477 (2013).
  • Jue Nee Tan, Tuncay Alan, Adrian Neild, Stability of flowing open fluidic channels, AIP Advances 3, 022121 (2013).
  • Jochen Mueller, Negin Haghparastmojaveri, Tuncay Alan, Adrian Neild The role height plays in the spreading of liquid droplets over sharp edges, Applied Physics Letters 102 (4), 041605-041605-5 (2013).
  • David Collins, Tuncay Alan, Kristian Helmerson, Adrian Neild (2013). Surface acoustic waves for on-demand production of picoliter droplets and particle encapsulation, Lab on a Chip 13 (16), 3225 - 3231 (2013).


Prof. Adrian Neild
adrian.neild@monash.edu
Room 202, New Horizons
+61 3 990 54655
Dr. Tuncay Alan
tuncay.alan@monash.edu
Room 210, New Horizons
+61 3 990 53709
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