Abstract
In this paper, we fabricate a thermal gel actuated probe which uses the volume change of the thermal gel as an actuator. The thermal gel actuated probe can be used for single cell analysis, especially single cell manipulation. The thermal gel actuated probe realizes spout and suction in several nano liters (nl) only to switch the heater turning on and off. It is difficult to realize solution spout and suction less than several dozen nl by the conventional probe type devices which use air or oil pressure. The volume change of the thermal gel was evaluated in this paper. The target single cell harvesting was demonstrated by this thermal gel actuated probe. It is considered that the thermal gel actuated probe can contribute to the single cell analysis from the aspect of single cell manipulation.
