Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140100805

Funded Activity Summary

Acoustowetting: Microscale and Nanoscale Liquid Manipulation for Microfluidic Applications. The ability to control the spreading of liquids on surfaces is crucial to the design of portable diagnostic microdevices. Combining advanced flow visualisation together with analytical and numerical techniques, this project will elucidate a recently discovered ‘acoustowetting’ phenomenon in which micron thick liquid films can be manipulated using sound waves localised on a substrate. The phenomenon is dynamically rich and complex, exhibiting peculiarities that are at times analogous to other spreading processes and at other times quite unique: flow reversal, fingering instabilities and soliton-like wave trains. The research will subsequently utilise this fundamental understanding to design a system for encapsulating cells in droplets for drug delivery applications.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 29-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $410,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Interdisciplinary Engineering | Colloid and Surface Chemistry | Acoustics and Acoustical Devices; Waves | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Acoustics and Acoustical Devices; Waves | Colloid and Surface Chemistry | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics | Interdisciplinary Engineering

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