METHOD OF MANIPULATING PARTICLES AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

摘要

Provided is a method of manipulating/trapping various kinds of substances including substances, such as particles or molecules, which have been difficult to manipulate or trap by conventional micromanipulation. The method is for manipulating target particles, and is characterized by including: (1) a step in which the target particles to be manipulated and other particles having a smaller volume than the target particles are made present in a solution, and the concentration of the other particles in the solution is regulated so as to be higher than the concentration of the target particles therein; and (2) a step in which the solution prepared is caused to have a temperature gradient in a desired position therein to thereby move the target particles to the higher-temperature side of the temperature gradient.