Table 2 Summary of representative work on acoustic-based cell patterns

From: Sound innovations for biofabrication and tissue engineering

Biostructure

Cell types

Mechanism & Experimental setup

Medium/Scaffold

Refs.

Spheroid-like

Mammalian cells, HepG2

Half-wavelength acoustic resonator

Culture medium

56,57,58

HepG2

Half-wavelength acoustic resonator

Alginate hydrogel

59

Human red blood cells, HepG2

2D acoustic resonators formed by plane cylindrical, tubular or 2 orthogonal transducers

PBS, culture medium

60

HepG2

2D standing surface acoustic waves

Culture medium

29

Mouse embryonic carcinoma cells

1D standing surface acoustic waves in a single capillary

PBS

61

Human MCF-7, A549, A2780, and murine embryonic carcinoma cell line P19

1D standing surface acoustic waves in microchannel arrays

Culture medium

62

HeLa

1D standing surface acoustic waves in a capillary

10% PEGDA and 2% GelMA

44

HepG2, A498, ACHN, and LUTC-2 cell lines

Microresonators

Culture medium

63

BT-474 cells

Acoustic induced microstreaming in a 24-well plate

Culture medium

35

C3A cells

3D transducer resonators

GelMA

64

MCF7 cells

Acoustic streaming induced by a ring-shaped transducer

Culture medium

65

MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells

Acoustic streaming induced by sharp edges

Collagen

67

Band-like

Endothelial cells

Water tank with a transducer mounted at the bottom

Collagen

69,70,71

C2C12, myoblasts

Multiwavelength resonator

GelMA, collagen

43

Myoblasts

1D standing surface acoustic waves in a capillary

GelMA

72

ASCs, MC3T3-E1 cells

Standing surface acoustic waves

Collagen

73

HeLa

1D standing surface acoustic waves in a capillary

10% PEGDA and 2% GelMA

44

Network-like

C2C12 cells, Schwann cells

A heptagon standing acoustic field formed by 7 transducers

PBS

74

Human adipose-derived stem cells or chondrocytes

Multiwavelength resonator

GelMA

75

HUVECs and HvSMCs

Standing surface acoustic waves

GelMA

76

Neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes

Standing surface acoustic waves and a resonator in the vertical direction

GelMA

45

HUVECs and hADSCs

Standing surface acoustic waves and a resonator in the vertical direction

HA-CA hydrogel

46