Bacteria in water have been driven to a glass surface by an ultrasonic standing wave. On an antibody coated surface capture of Bacillus subtilis var niger (BG) spores (6.6 x 10(6) ml(-1)) was increased more than 200-fold over above the efficiency in the absence of ultrasound. In microfluidic (non-turbulent) systems detection of particles by sensors operating at a surface is diffusion limited. This results in very low detection abilities particularly for particles with diameters greater than 1 microm. Ultrasound is used here to drive bacterial spores to a wall and overcome this limitation. The results confirm: (1) pressure nodes can be formed close to the water-glass interface when the glass thickness is near half the ultrasonic wavelength; (2) the antibody used was able to capture spores in the presence of an ultrasonic standing wave.
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