University of Oxford
Physical Acoustics Laboratory
Department of Engineering Science
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Research

photoacoustics

Photoacoustic cavitation

Cavitation around laser heated nanoparticles produces a strong and localized mechanical disruption which has been shown to be effective in producing localized cell death in nanoparticle targeted cells.

Collaborators

 

BUBBL

Biomedical Ultrasonics, Biotherapy and Biopharmaeuticals Laboratory (BUBBL)
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford

 

Nanjing University

The Institute of Acoustics
School of Physics, Nanjing University

 

AOG

Applied Optics Group
School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent