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Wei Ren¹, Mohammad Asif Zaman¹, Mo Wu¹

¹Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.

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|September 22, 2023

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Area of Science:

Physics
Materials Science
Microfluidics

Background:

Accurate simulation of optoelectronic tweezer (OET) responses requires precise microparticle electrical conductivity values.
Existing methods for determining microparticle conductivity in OET applications lack established references.
Ambiguity in polystyrene bead (PSB) conductivity values hinders reliable OET system characterization.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a method for calculating microparticle conductivity using OET.
To determine the conductivity of widely used 6 μm polystyrene beads (PSB) in various aqueous media.
To provide a reliable conductivity value for PSBs to resolve existing ambiguities.

Main Methods:

Utilized a standard optoelectronic tweezer (OET) system to trap and manipulate microparticles.
Measured the escape velocity of microparticles as they were displaced from the OET trap.
Calculated microparticle conductivity based on the measured escape velocity and system parameters.

Main Results:

The developed method successfully calculated the conductivity of 6 μm polystyrene beads (PSB).
PSB conductivity was found to be invariant, consistently measuring around 2×10⁻³ S/m.
This conductivity value remained stable across multiple different aqueous media tested.

Conclusions:

The escape velocity measurement method provides a convenient and accurate way to determine microparticle conductivity for OET applications.
The established conductivity value for PSBs clarifies usage ambiguities and aids in more precise OET simulations.
This approach can be extended to measure other unknown OET-relevant material properties of microparticle-medium systems.