'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch

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With the flip of a switch: Nanodrop "test tubes" are created by an electronic switch that causes a micropipette to jerk back and leave behind a droplet less that 1 micron in diameter for study.

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