University of Washington

Tammi Van Neel

Ashleigh Brooks Theberge

Ulri Nicole Lee

Erwin Stefan Peter Berthier

Jean Berthier

Techniques for efficiently capturing targets, such as biological materials, within the air are described. A lightweight, portable device is configured to capture the targets without desiccation by flowing a mixture of air carrying the targets with liquid droplets through a nonlinear path in a partially enclosed interior of the device. For example, a method includes generating an impinging jet comprising a mixture of air, a target, and droplets. A baffle splits the impinging jet into a recirculation zone and coalesces a mixture of the target and the droplets onto an upper surface of the baffle. At least one channel receives the coalesced mixture and transports the coalesced mixture to a collection reservoir.

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Tammi Van Neel