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SUMMARY:Acoustophoresis in air
DTSTART:20150521T090000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Daniele Foresti\, Harvard University\nBio: Daniele Foresti\,
  who has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering\, has invented and filed a patent
  application for a new printing technology that can be used in application
 s such as 3D printing. “Although there has been much hype surrounding 3D
  printing for some years now\, the existing technology has limits\,” say
 s Foresti. For example\, its usage is restricted to few materials\, mostly
  plastics. Foresti says that his technology works independently of the phy
 sical properties of the “ink”. “We are completely free in our choice
  of materials – any material can be printed on any surface.”\nOne appl
 ication\, for example\, involves printing living cells for the purpose of 
 realizing fully vascularized\, complex cell tissues or even whole organs f
 or transplantation.\nSound wave apply forces on objects. Such forces are u
 sually weak\, but when properly focused they can levitate objects as heavy
  as steel marbles at fixed points causing seeming weightlessness. Can howe
 ver acoustic forces transport object controllably in air? In this talk we 
 explore how\, with the proper modulation of an acoustic field\, precisely 
 controlled\, continuous acoustic transport (acoustophoresis) in air become
 s a reality.
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