nanoliter
Billionth of liter
A nanoliter is one billionth of a liter—an almost inconceivably small volume of liquid.
The measurement appears in scientific contexts involving precise fluid handling: The instrument dispenses reagents in nanoliter quantities.
Lab-on-a-chip technologies and advanced medical diagnostics often work at this scale.
One-millionth liter unit
- femtoliterOne quadrillionth liter
- dropletTiny liquid sphere
- volumeAmount of space filled
- dispenseGive out in portions
micropipette · pipetting · aliquot · dilution · titration · volumetric · calibration · accuracy
Miniaturized diagnostic analysis platform
- microfluidicInvolving tiny channel flows
- dropletTiny liquid sphere
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
- microchannelSubmillimeter-scale fluid pathway
microarray · bioassay · assay · dispensing · inkjet · bioprinting · point-of-care · miniaturization
Engineering using living systems
- biochemistryScience of living chemistry
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- molecularOf tiny particles
- bioengineeringEngineering applied to biology
genomics · diagnostics · biophysics · analytical · spectroscopy · microscopy · laboratory · research
Too small for eyes
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- infinitesimalQuantity approaching zero
- minuteSixtieth of an hour
- tinyExtremely small in size
molecular · submicroscopic · ultrafine · trace · imperceptible · billionth · thousandth
microliter
One-millionth liter unit
- femtoliterOne quadrillionth liter
- dropletTiny liquid sphere
- volumeAmount of space filled
dispense · micropipette · pipetting · aliquot · dilution · titration · volumetric · calibration · accuracy · precision
lab-on-a-chip
Miniaturized diagnostic analysis platform
- microfluidicInvolving tiny channel flows
- dropletTiny liquid sphere
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
microchannel · microarray · bioassay · assay · dispensing · inkjet · bioprinting · point-of-care · miniaturization · throughput
biotechnology
Engineering using living systems
- biochemistryScience of living chemistry
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- molecularOf tiny particles
bioengineering · genomics · diagnostics · biophysics · analytical · spectroscopy · microscopy · laboratory · research
microscopic
Too small for eyes
- minusculeExtremely small in size
- infinitesimalQuantity approaching zero
- minuteSixtieth of an hour
tiny · molecular · submicroscopic · ultrafine · trace · imperceptible · billionth · thousandth