Franziska Martens defends her thesis "Manipulating Thermoacoustic Streaming: Measuring the Synergy of Laser-induced Temperature Gradients and Ultrasonic Pressure Fields in Acoustofluidic Microchannels".

Link to thesis in LU Research Portal.

Cells and particles can be sorted by subjecting them to the pressure of ultrasonic nodes. By adding a temperature gradient from a laser, the sorting resolution may be increased for future applications.