Yiming Li

Mr. Yiming Li

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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5 August 2025 in Micromachines
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YLYiming Li
Yiming Li
ZLZekai Li
Zekai Li
ZWZuozhi Wei
Zuozhi Wei
YWYiran Wang
Yiran Wang
XNXudong Niu
Xudong Niu
Dongfang LiangDongfang Liang
Dongfang Liang
In recent years, various devices utilizing surface acoustic waves (SAW) have emerged as powerful tools for manipulating particles and fluids in microchannels. Although they demonstrate a wide range of functionalities across diverse applications, existing devices still face limitations in flexibility, manipulation efficiency, and spatial resolution. In this study, we developed a dual-sided standing surface acoustic wave (SSAW) device that simultaneously excites acoustic waves through two piezoelectric substrates positioned at the top and bottom of a microchannel. By fully exploiting the degrees of freedom offered by two pairs of interdigital transducers (IDTs) on each substrate, the system enables highly flexible control of microparticles. To explore its capability on particle aggregation, we developed a two-dimensional numerical model to investigate the influence of the SAW phase modulation on the established acoustic fields within the microchannel. Single-particle motion was first examined under the influence of the phase-modulated acoustic fields to form a reference for identifying effective phase modulation strategies. Key parameters, such as the phase changes and the duration of each phase modulation step, were determined to maximize the lateral motion while minimizing undesired vertical motion of the particle. Our dual-sided SSAW configuration, combined with novel dynamic phase modulation strategy, leads to rapid and precise aggregation of microparticles towards a single focal point. This study sheds new light on the design of acoustofluidic devices for efficient spatiotemporal particle concentration.

1 February 2026 in Journal of Hydrodynamics
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YLYiming Li
Yiming Li
ZLZe-Kai Li
Ze-Kai Li
DLDongfang Liang
Dongfang Liang
BGBochen Gao
Bochen Gao
CFChen Fu
Chen Fu