Heating an PCR via Arduino

These heat sensor are all to long they would never fit in one of this tubes?
I have seen some other PCR Projekts and no one of them used a direct temp sensor in the tubes. They always measured the temp at the alu. :Wild OpenPCR - Hackteria Wiki

//edit: Well am i to stupid or why cant i find any Keramic heat elements which are sold in germany? Just found US or China and i dont want to ship: Can i use one of these ? %product-title% kaufen