Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Université Montpellier 2 Sciences Et Techniques

Benoit Belier

Christian Bergaud

Jean-Bernard Pourciel

Pascal Belaubre

Matthieu Guirardel

Bachar Mourched

Raphael Kribich

Pascale Gall-Borrut

Pascal Falgayrettes

Laurent Nativel

A method is provided for manufacturing near-field optical probes including at least one organo-mineral material with an organic part and a mineral part, the method including steps of irradiating at least partially the organo-mineral material with a radiation beam to polymerize the organic part in the irradiated areas, and polycondensing the mineral part by sol-gel process. Also disclosed are near-field optical probes and AFM and SNOM systems using the probes.

Near-field optical probe manufacturing using organo-mineral material and sol-gel process

The invention relates to a device for the actively-controlled deposition of microdrops of biological solutions. The inventive device includes at least one flat silicon lever comprising a central body and an end area which forms a point, a slit or groove being disposed in said point. The invention is characterized in that it also comprises at least one metallic track which is disposed on one face of the central body and which runs alongside said slit or groove at least partially. The invention also relates to a method of producing the inventive device and a method for the active-controlled deposition and sampling of microdrops of biological solutions using said device.

Device for the actively-controlled and localized deposition of at least one biological solution

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Ville d'Avray, France

Benoit Belier