Tweezers of sound can pick objects up without physical contact

Hemispherical array of ultrasound transducers lifts objects off reflective surfaces

27-Jul-2021 - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new technology which allows non-contact manipulation of small objects using sound waves. They used a hemispherical array of ultrasound transducers to generate a 3D acoustic fields which stably trapped and lifted a small polystyrene ...

Process to 3D print piezoelectric materials developed

Could be used to develop intelligent materials and self-adaptive infrastructures and transducers

23-Jan-2019 - The piezoelectric materials that inhabit everything from our cell phones to musical greeting cards may be getting an upgrade thanks to work discussed. Xiaoyu 'Rayne' Zheng, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, and a member of the Macromolecules Innovation ...

Researchers couple artificial atom to acoustic resonator

13-Jul-2018 - Researchers from Russia and Britain have demonstrated an artificial quantum system, in which a quantum bit interacts with an acoustic resonator in the quantum regime. This allows the familiar effects of quantum optics to be studied on acoustic waves and enables an alternative approach to quantum ...

Smart materials used in ultrasound behave similar to water, Penn chemists report

19-Jun-2017 - A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania is gaining new insight into the smart materials used in ultrasound technology. While forming the most thorough model to date of how these materials work, they have found striking similarities with the behavior of water. The research was led ...

Emerson chosen by Clariant to automate production of antimicrobial preservatives

04-Mar-2003 - Emerson Process Management has announced contracts for PlantWeb digital plant architecture to automate two production areas at a Clariant manufacturing plant in Pontypridd, South Wales. The Clariant performance chemicals division will use the DeltaV(TM) digital automation system, a core ...