David Collins

Respiration mask waveguide optimisation for maximised speech intelligibility

Kirill Kolesnik, David Bryan, William Harley, Philipp Segeritz, Matthew Guest, Vijay Rajagopal, David J Collins

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Both the scarcity and environmental impact of disposable face masks, as in the COVID-19 pandemic, have instigated the recent devel..

Deterministic Sorting of Submicrometer Particles and Extracellular Vesicles Using a Combined Electric and Acoustic Field

Mahnoush Tayebi, Dahou Yang, David J Collins, Ye Ai

Journal article  |  2021  |  NANO LETTERS

Sorting of extracellular vesicles has important applications in early stage diagnostics. Current exosome isolation techniques, how..

Advances in biofabrication techniques towards functional bioprinted heterogeneous engineered tissues: A comprehensive review

WS Harley, CC Li, J Toombs, CD O'Connell, HK Taylor, DE Heath, DJ Collins

Journal article  |  2021  |  Bioprinting

Biofabrication is a fast-evolving and multi-disciplinary field, harnessing the benefits and capabilities of additive manufacturing..

Unconventional acoustic approaches for localized and designed micromanipulation

Kirill Kolesnik, Mingxin Xu, Peter VS Lee, Vijay Rajagopal, David J Collins

Journal article  |  2021  |  LAB ON A CHIP

Acoustic fields are ideal for micromanipulation, being biocompatible and with force gradients approaching the scale of single cell..

The critical importance of mask seals on respirator performance: An analytical and simulation approach

Mingxin Xu, Peter Lee, David Collins

Journal article  |  2021  |  PLOS ONE

Filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and medical masks are widely used to reduce the inhalation exposure of airborne particulate..

Mechanisms and Applications of Neuromodulation Using Surface Acoustic Waves-A Mini-Review

Danli Peng, Wei Tong, David J Collins, Michael R Ibbotson, Steven Prawer, Melanie Stamp

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE

The study of neurons is fundamental for basic neuroscience research and treatment of neurological disorders. In recent years ultra..

Diffraction-based acoustic manipulation in microchannels enables continuous particle and bacteria focusing.

Citsabehsan Devendran, Kyungyong Choi, Jongyoon Han, Ye Ai, Adrian Neild, David J Collins

Journal article  |  2020  |  Lab on a Chip

Acoustic fields have shown wide utility for micromanipulation, though their implementation in microfluidic devices often requires ..

A deep learning approach for designed diffraction-based acoustic patterning in microchannels.

Samuel J Raymond, David J Collins, Richard O'Rorke, Mahnoush Tayebi, Ye Ai, John Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  Scientific Reports

Acoustic waves can be used to accurately position cells and particles and are appropriate for this activity owing to their biocomp..

Massively Multiplexed Submicron Particle Patterning in Acoustically Driven Oscillating Nanocavities

Mahnoush Tayebi, Richard O'Rorke, Him Cheng Wong, Hong Yee Low, Jongyoon Han, David J Collins, Ye Ai

Journal article  |  2020  |  Small

Nanoacoustic fields are a promising method for particle actuation at the nanoscale, though THz frequencies are typically required ..

Slowness curve surface acoustic wave transducers for optimized acoustic streaming

Richard O'Rorke, Andreas Winkler, David Collins, Ye Ai

Journal article  |  2020  |  RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences

Surface acoustic waves can induce force gradients on the length scales of micro- and nanoparticles, allowing precise manipulation ..