The application of acoustics for sample manipulation and delivery at X-Ray Light Sources
Abstract The latest developments in acoustic technology and their integration of standing waves offers the potential to eject and trap tiny amounts of both liquid and solids with precision and stability in free space. This is appealing for experimenters at Light Sources who are traditionally relying on the use of containers or on the manual attachment of the samples to solid supports for analysis with X rays or IR. Here we present a brief overview of applications of acoustics and levitation for sample manipulation and delivery currently under investigation at Diamond Light source.
Authors
- Mark R. Warren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1326-0744)
- Mark D. Frogley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-5007)
- Gianfelice Cinque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6801-8010)
- Peter Docker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4615-9466)
- Danny Axford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7694-8525)
- Nikolay G. Pavlov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7507-9433)
- Romain Bordes
- Gabriel Leen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2448-4428)
- Beth Galtry
Institutions
- University of Limerick (IE)
- Diamond Light Source (GB)
- PolyK Technologies (United States) (US)
- Chalmers University of Technology (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3010/1/012146
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear Physics and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00