@article {1536525,
	title = {Rapid additive-free bacteria lysis using traveling surface acoustic waves in microfluidic channels},
	journal = {Lab on a Chip},
	volume = {19},
	number = {24},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {4064-4070},
	abstract = {
	We report an additive-free method to lyse bacteria and extract nucleic acids and protein using a traveling surface acoustic wave (TSAW) coupled to a microfluidic device. We characterize the effects of the TSAW on\&nbsp;E. coli\&nbsp;by measuring the viability of cells exposed to the sound waves and find that about 90\% are dead. In addition, we measure the protein and nucleic acids released from the cells and show that we recover about 20\% of the total material. The lysis method should work for all types of bacteria. These results demonstrate the feasibility of using TSAW to lyse bacteria in a manner that is independent of the type of bacteria.

},
	url = {https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/lc/c9lc00656g$\#$!divAbstract},
	author = {Lu, Haiwei and Kirk Mutafopulos and Heyman, John A. and Pascal Spink and Shen, Liang and Wang, Chaohui and Franke, Thomas and Weitz, DavidA.}
}
