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2013
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Overview

James Friend is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within the field of engineering, with a strong focus on biomedical engineering. Other subfields include electrical and electronic engineering, physiology, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics covered in their work involve microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications, acoustic wave resonator technologies, electrowetting and microfluidic technologies, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, ultrasound and cavitation phenomena, and micro and nano robotics.

James Friend has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • Lab on a Chip

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Acoustofluidics for biomedical applications," 2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Sonogenetic control of mammalian cells using exogenous Transient Receptor Potential A1 channels," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Soft robotic steerable microcatheter for the endovascular treatment of cerebral disorders," 2021, Science Robotics
  • "Enabling Rapid Charging Lithium Metal Batteries via Surface Acoustic Wave-Driven Electrolyte Flow," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Microliter ultrafast centrifuge platform for size-based particle and cell separation and extraction using novel omnidirectional spiral surface acoustic waves," 2021, Lab on a Chip

Collaborations have been significant in the scientist's output. Frequent co-authors include Jeremy Orosco, Naiqing Zhang, Aditya Vasan, William Connacher, and Tilvawala Gopesh, with collaboration counts ranging from 12 to 20 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Rapid generation of protein aerosols and nanoparticles via SAW atomisation

    M Alvarez;J Friend;L Yeo

  • Microscale acoustofluidics: Microfluidics driven via acoustics and ultrasonics

    James Friend;Leslie Y. Yeo

  • Microfluidic Devices for Bioapplications

    Leslie Y. Yeo;Hsueh-Chia Chang;Peggy P. Y. Chan;James R. Friend

  • Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics

    Leslie Y. Yeo;James R. Friend

  • Fabrication of microfluidic devices using polydimethylsiloxane

    James Friend;Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo

  • Ultrafast microfluidics using surface acoustic waves

    Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo;James Friend

  • Particle concentration and mixing in microdrops driven by focused surface acoustic waves

    Richard Jonathan Shilton;Ming K Tan;Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo;James Friend

  • Electrochemical Control of Photoluminescence in Two-Dimensional MoS2 Nanoflakes

    Yichao Wang;Jian Zhen Ou;Sivacarendran Balendhran;Adam F. Chrimes

  • Interfacial destabilization and atomization driven by surface acoustic waves

    Aisha Qi;Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo;James Friend

  • Spring constant calibration of atomic force microscope cantilevers of arbitrary shape

    John E. Sader;Julian A. Sanelli;Brian D. Adamson;Jason P. Monty

  • Surface acoustic wave concentration of particle and bioparticle suspensions

    Haiyan Li;James Friend;Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo

  • Micro/nano acoustofluidics: materials, phenomena, design, devices, and applications

    William Connacher;Naiqing Zhang;An Huang;Jiyang Mei

  • Piezoelectric ultrasonic micro/milli-scale actuators

    Brett Watson;James Friend;Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo

  • Interfacial jetting phenomena induced by focused surface vibrations.

    Ming K. Tan;James R. Friend;Leslie Y. Yeo

  • Miniature inhalation therapy platform using surface acoustic wave microfluidic atomization.

    Aisha Qi;James Friend;Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo;David Alexander Vodden Morton

  • Microparticle collection and concentration via a miniature surface acoustic wave device

    Ming Kwang Tan;James Friend;Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo

  • Electrospinning carbon nanotube polymer composite nanofibers

    Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo;James Robert Friend

  • Uniform mixing in paper-based microfluidic systems using surface acoustic waves

    Amgad R. Rezk;Aisha Qi;James R. Friend;Wai Ho Li

  • Frequency effects on the scale and behavior of acoustic streaming

    Michael Barton Dentry;Leslie Yu-Ming Yeo;James Robert Friend

  • Ultrasonic nebulization platforms for pulmonary drug delivery.

    Leslie Y Yeo;James R Friend;Michelle P McIntosh;Els N T Meeusen

  • Plasmon Resonances of Highly Doped Two-Dimensional MoS2

    Yichao Wang;Jian Zhen Ou;Adam F Chrimes;Benjamin J. Carey

  • Paper-based microfluidic surface acoustic wave sample delivery and ionization source for rapid and sensitive ambient mass spectrometry.

    Jenny Ho;Jenny Ho;Ming K. Tan;David B. Go;Leslie Y. Yeo

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie Y. Yeo
Leslie Y. Yeo RMIT University
Kentaro Nakamura
Kentaro Nakamura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Arnan Mitchell
Arnan Mitchell RMIT University
Xinyi Zhang
Xinyi Zhang Monash University
Jian Zhen Ou
Jian Zhen Ou RMIT University
Ross L. Coppel
Ross L. Coppel Monash University
John E. Sader
John E. Sader California Institute of Technology
Huanting Wang
Huanting Wang Monash University
Jianfeng Yao
Jianfeng Yao Nanjing Forestry University
Vipul Bansal
Vipul Bansal RMIT University

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