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Publications

2025

  1. C. Chen鈥, Y. Gu鈥, J. Rufo, J. Zhang, K. Yang, Y. Chen, L.P. Lee, and T.J. Huang, 鈥淎coustofluidic spin control for 3D particle manipulation in droplets鈥. Science Advances, Vol. 11, No.20, pp. eadx0269, 2025. (鈥 contributed equally to this work).
  2. A. Tehrani, S. Schoen, I. Candel, Y. Gu, P. Guo, K. Thomenius, T.T. Pierce, M. Wang, R. Tadross, M. Washburn, H. Rivaz, A. Samir, 鈥淐ombining Deep Data-driven and Physics-inspired Learning for Shear Wave Speed Estimation in Ultrasound Elastography鈥. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 806-816, 2025.

2024

  1. J. Xia, Z. Wang, R. Becker, F. Li, S. Yang, J. Rufo, S.P. Zhang, C. Chen, Y. Gu, R. Zhong, P. Lee, D. Wong, L.P. Lee, and T.J. Huang, 鈥淪uper-resolution virus isolation by Bessel beam excitation separation technology: BEST鈥, ACS nano, Vol. 18, No. 33, pp. 22596-22607, 2024.
  2. M. Wu, Z. Ma, X. Xu, B. Lu, Y. Gu, J. Yoon, J. Xia, Z. Ma, N. Upreti, I.J. Anwar, S.J. Knechtle, E. Chambers, J. Kwun, L.P. Lee, T.J. Huang, 鈥淎coustofluidic-based therapeutic apheresis system鈥, Nature Communications, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 6854, 2024.
  3. Z. Ma, J. Xia, N. Upreti, E. David, J. Rufo, Y. Gu, K. Yang, S. Yang, X. Xu, J. Kwun, E. Chambers, T.J. Huang, 鈥淎n acoustofluidic device for the automated separation of platelet-reduced plasma from whole blood鈥, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 83, 2024.
  4. T. Naquin, A. Canning, Y. Gu, J. Chen, C. Naquin, J. Xia, B. Lu, S. Yang, A. Koroza, K. Lin, H. Wang, W. Jeck, L.P. Lee, T.J. Huang, 鈥淎coustic separation and concentration of exosomes for nucleotide detection: ASCENDx鈥, Science Advances, Vol. 10, No. 10, eadm8597, 2024.
  5. J. Rufo, P. Zhang, Z. Wang, Y. Gu, K. Yang, C. Chen, R. Zhong, K. Jin, J. Wu, Y. Ouyang, Y. Sadovsky, L.P. Lee, T.J. Huang, 鈥淗igh-yield and rapid isolation of extracellular vesicles by flocculation via orbital acoustic trapping: FLOAT鈥, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1, 2024.

2023

  1. Y. Gu*, V. Kumar, E.G.S.K. Dayavansha, S. Schoen, E. Feleppa, R. Tadross, M.H. Wang, M.J. Washburn, K. Thomenius, A.E. Samir, 鈥淎coustic diffraction-resistant adaptive profile technology (ADAPT) for elasticity imaging鈥, Science Advances, Vol. 9, No. 44, eadi6129, 2023. (*Corresponding Author, highlighted by 4 News Media)
  2. A. Ozturk, V. Kumar, T. Pierce, Q. Li, M. Baikpour, I. Rosado-Mendez, M. Wang, P. Guo, S. Schoen, Y. Gu, E.G.S.K. Dayavansha, J. Grajo, A. Samir, 鈥淭he Future is Beyond Bright: The Evolving Role of Quantitative Ultrasound for Fatty Liver Disease鈥, Vol. 309, No. 2, e223146, Radiology, 2023.
  3. S. Schoen, V. Kumar, Y. Gu, E.G.S.K. Dayavansha, R. Tadross, M. Washburn, K. Thomenius, A. Samir, 鈥淓fficient Aberration Correction via Optimal Bulk Speed of Sound Compensation鈥, arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.02018, 2023.

2022

  1. J. Zhang, C. Chen, R. Becker, J. Rufo, S. Yang, J. Mai, P. Zhang, Y. Gu, Z. Wang, Z. Ma, J. Xia, N. Hao, Z. Tian, D. T. W. Wong, Y. Sadovsky, L. P. Lee, T. J. Huang, 鈥淎 solution to the biophysical fractionation of extracellular vesicles: Acoustic Nanoscale Separation via Wave-pillar Excitation Resonance (ANSWER)鈥, Science Advances, Vol. 8, No. 47, eade0640, 2022.
  2. Z. Wang, J. Rich, N. Hao, Y. Gu, C. Chen, S. Yang, P. Zhang, T. J. Huang, 鈥淎coustofluidics for simultaneous nanoparticle-based drug loading and exosome encapsulation鈥, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1-11, 2022.

2021

  1. P. Zhang, J. Rufo, C. Chen, J. Xia, Z. Tian, L. Zhang, N. Hao, Z. Zhong, Y. Gu, K. Chakrabarty, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淎coustoelectronic nanotweezers enable dynamic and large-scale control of nanomaterials鈥, Nature Communications, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 1-10, 2021. (highlighted by 13 News Media)
  2. C. Chen, Y. Gu, J. Philippe, P. Zhang, H. Bachman, J. Zhang, J. Mai, J. Rufo, J. Rawls, E. Davis, N. Katsanis, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淎coustofluidic rotational tweezing enables high-speed contactless morphological phenotyping of zebrafish larvae鈥, Nature Communications, Vol. 12, pp. 1-13, 2021. 
  3. H. Zhu, P. Zhang, Z. Zhong, J. Xia, J. Rich, J. Mai, X. Su, Z. Tian, H. Bachman, J. Rufo, Y. Gu, P. Kang, K. Chakrabarty, T. P. Witelski, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淎coustohydrodynamic tweezers via spatial arrangement of streaming vortices鈥, Science Advances, Vol. 7, No. 2, eabc7885, 2021. (highlighted by Nature)
  4. Y. Gu, C. Chen, Z. Mao, H. Bachman, R. Becker, J. Rufo, Z. Wang, P. Zhang, J. Mai, S. Yang, J.   Zhang, S. Zhao, Y. Ouyang, D. T. W. Wong, Y. Sadovsky, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淎coustofluidic centrifuge for nanoparticle enrichment and separation鈥, Science Advances, Vol. 7, No. 1, eabc0467, 2021. (highlighted by 16 News Media)

2020

  1. Z. Tian, Z. Wang, P. Zhang, T. D. Naquin, J. Mai, Y. Wu, S. Yang, Y. Gu, H. Bachman, Y. Liang, Z. Yu, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淕enerating multifunctional acoustic tweezers in petri dishes for contactless, precise manipulation of bioparticles鈥, Science Advances, Vol. 6, No. 37, eabb0494, 2020. 
  2. P. Zhang, C. Chen, X. Su, J. Mai, Y. Gu, Z. Tian, H. Zhu, Z. Zhong, H. Fu, S. Yang, K. Chakrabarty, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淎coustic streaming vortices enable contactless, digital control of droplets鈥, Science Advances, Vol 6, No. 24, eaba0606, 2020. (highlighted as News Report by 7 News Media)
  3. Y. Gu, C. Chen, J. Rufo, C. Shen, Z. Wang, P. H. Huang, H. Fu, P. Zhang, S. A. Cummer, Z. Tian, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淎coustofluidic holography for micro- to nano- scale particle manipulation鈥, ACS Nano, Vol. 14, pp. 14635-14645, 2020. 
  4. S. Zhao, M. Wu, S. Yang, Y. Wu, Y. Gu, C. Chen, J. Ye, Z. Xie, Z. Tian, H. Bachman, P. H. Huang, J. Xia, S. P. Zhang, H. Zhang, and T. J. Huang, A disposable acoustofluidic chip for nano/micro particle separation using unidirectional acoustic transducers, Lab on a Chip, Vol 20, pp. 1298-1308, 2020.
  5. H. Bachman, Y. Gu, J. Rufo, S. Yang, Z. Tian, P. H. Huang, L. Yu, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淟ow-frequency flexural wave based microparticle manipulation鈥, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 20, pp. 1281-1289, 2020. 

2019

  1. Z. Tian, S. Yang, P. H. Huang, Z. Wang, P. Zhang, Y. Gu, H. Bachman, C. Chen, M. Wu, Y. Xie and T. J. Huang, 鈥淲avenumber-spiral acoustic tweezers for dynamic and reconfigurable manipulation of particles and cells鈥, Science Advances, Vol. 5, No. 5, eaau6062, 2019. 
  2. Z. Tian, C. Shen, J. Li, E. Reit, Y. Gu, H. Fu, S. A. Cummer, T. J. Huang, 鈥淧rogrammable Acoustic Metasurfaces鈥, Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 29, pp. 1808489, 2019.
  3. P. Zhang, C. Chen, F. Guo, J. Philippec, Y. Gu, Z. Tian, H. Bachman, L. Ren, S. Yang, Z. Zhong, P. H. Huang, N. Katsanis, K. Chakrabarty, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淐ontactless, programmable acoustofluidic manipulation of objects on water鈥, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 19, pp. 3397-3404, 2019. 
  4. S. Zhao, W. He, Z. Ma, P. Liu, P. H. Huang, H. Bachman, L. Wang, S. Yang, Z. Tian, Z. Wang, Y. Gu, Z. Xie, and T. J. Huang, On-Chip stool liquefaction via acoustofluidics, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 19, pp. 941-947, 2019. (featured as front cover image)
  5. Y. Gu, C. Chen, Z. Wang, P. H. Huang, H. Fu, L. Wang, M. Wu, Y. Chen, T. Gao, J. Gong, J. Kwun, G. M. Arepally, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淧lastic-based acoustofluidic devices for high-throughput, biocompatible platelet separation鈥, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 19, pp. 394-402, 2019. (featured as front cover image) 

2018

  1. A. Ozcelik, J. Rufo, F. Guo, Y. Gu, P. Li, J. Lata, and T. J. Huang, 鈥淎coustic tweezers for the life sciences鈥, Nature Methods, Vol. 15, pp. 1021-1028, 2018.
  2. C. Chen, S. P. Zhang, Z. Mao, N. Nama, Y. Gu, P. H. Huang, Y. Jing, X. Guo, F. Costanzo and T. J. Huang, 鈥淭hree-dimensional numerical simulation and experimental investigation of boundary-driven streaming in surface acoustic wave microfluidics鈥, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 18, pp. 3645-3654, 2018.

2017

  1. S. Liu, J. Wu, Y. Gu, X. Guo, J. Tu, D. Xu, and D. Zhang, 鈥淎mbient pressure evaluation through sub-harmonic response of chirp-sonicated microbubbles鈥, Ultrasound in medicine & biology, Vol. 43, pp. 332-340, 2017.

2016

  1. C. Chen, Y. Gu, J. Tu, X. Guo, D. Zhang, 鈥淢icrobubble oscillating in a microvessel filled with viscous fluid: A finite element modeling study鈥, Ultrasonics, Vol. 66, pp. 54-64, 2016.
  2. Y. Gu, C. Chen, J. Tu, X. Guo, H. Wu, and D. Zhang, 鈥淗armonic responses and cavitation activity of encapsulated microbubbles coupled with magnetic nanoparticles鈥, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol. 29, pp. 309-316, 2016.