Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experiments

Acoustic levitators are becoming increasingly common research instrumentation for contact-free, lab-in-a-droplet studies. Recently, levitators that employ multiple, small, ultrasonic transducers have gained popularity, given their low price, temperature and spatial stability, low voltage, and access...

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Autores: Argyri, Smaragda-Maria, Andersson, Carl, Paillet, Nicolas, Evenäs, Lars, Ahrens, Jens, Marzo Pérez, Asier, Contreras, Víctor, Bordes, Romain
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
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Palabra clave:Acoustic levitator
Contact-free
Customized design
Multiple-transducers
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spelling Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experimentsArgyri, Smaragda-MariaAndersson, CarlPaillet, NicolasEvenäs, LarsAhrens, JensMarzo Pérez, AsierContreras, VíctorBordes, RomainAcoustic levitatorContact-freeCustomized designMultiple-transducersAcoustic levitators are becoming increasingly common research instrumentation for contact-free, lab-in-a-droplet studies. Recently, levitators that employ multiple, small, ultrasonic transducers have gained popularity, given their low price, temperature and spatial stability, low voltage, and accessibility. Yet, the current state-of-the-art device, TinyLev, presents limitations for certain applications in terms of stability, strength, and compactness. Herein, we developed three new levitators and evaluated the effect of the construction parameters (e.g., distance of opposing arrays, number and arrangement of transducers, etc.) on their performance. The best performing levitator from this work had half the number of transducers, compared to TinyLev, though presented 1.7 and 3.5 times higher levitation capacity along the horizontal and vertical configurations, respectively, and 4.7 and 2.0 times higher horizontal and vertical stability of a levitated object, respectively. Additionally, we present a direct means to evaluate the acoustic radiation net force acting on a deformable object for uniaxial levitators, without the use of a microphone or a schlieren deflectometer for this type of levitators. The theoretical and experimental observations provide insights for adapting the acoustic levitator design for specific applications. Finally, we developed an open-source software which allows the evaluation of the acoustic pressure field generated by customized designs and provides the necessary files for 3D printing the scaffold of the levitator. This study aims to increase accessibility and promote further developments in contact-free experiments.The authors are grateful for the financial support from the Swedish Research Council (VR) (Public, Sweden), and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) (Non-Profit, Sweden).ElsevierEstadística, Informática y MatemáticasEstatistika, Informatika eta Matematika2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2454/51867reponame:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarrainstname:Universidad Pública de NavarraInglés© 2024 Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/518672026-06-17T12:41:47Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experiments
title Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experiments
spellingShingle Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experiments
Argyri, Smaragda-Maria
Acoustic levitator
Contact-free
Customized design
Multiple-transducers
title_short Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experiments
title_full Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experiments
title_fullStr Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experiments
title_full_unstemmed Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experiments
title_sort Customized and high-performing acoustic levitators for contact-free experiments
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Argyri, Smaragda-Maria
Andersson, Carl
Paillet, Nicolas
Evenäs, Lars
Ahrens, Jens
Marzo Pérez, Asier
Contreras, Víctor
Bordes, Romain
author Argyri, Smaragda-Maria
author_facet Argyri, Smaragda-Maria
Andersson, Carl
Paillet, Nicolas
Evenäs, Lars
Ahrens, Jens
Marzo Pérez, Asier
Contreras, Víctor
Bordes, Romain
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author2 Andersson, Carl
Paillet, Nicolas
Evenäs, Lars
Ahrens, Jens
Marzo Pérez, Asier
Contreras, Víctor
Bordes, Romain
author2_role author
author
author
author
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author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas
Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Acoustic levitator
Contact-free
Customized design
Multiple-transducers
topic Acoustic levitator
Contact-free
Customized design
Multiple-transducers
description Acoustic levitators are becoming increasingly common research instrumentation for contact-free, lab-in-a-droplet studies. Recently, levitators that employ multiple, small, ultrasonic transducers have gained popularity, given their low price, temperature and spatial stability, low voltage, and accessibility. Yet, the current state-of-the-art device, TinyLev, presents limitations for certain applications in terms of stability, strength, and compactness. Herein, we developed three new levitators and evaluated the effect of the construction parameters (e.g., distance of opposing arrays, number and arrangement of transducers, etc.) on their performance. The best performing levitator from this work had half the number of transducers, compared to TinyLev, though presented 1.7 and 3.5 times higher levitation capacity along the horizontal and vertical configurations, respectively, and 4.7 and 2.0 times higher horizontal and vertical stability of a levitated object, respectively. Additionally, we present a direct means to evaluate the acoustic radiation net force acting on a deformable object for uniaxial levitators, without the use of a microphone or a schlieren deflectometer for this type of levitators. The theoretical and experimental observations provide insights for adapting the acoustic levitator design for specific applications. Finally, we developed an open-source software which allows the evaluation of the acoustic pressure field generated by customized designs and provides the necessary files for 3D printing the scaffold of the levitator. This study aims to increase accessibility and promote further developments in contact-free experiments.
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