Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 198732, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/198732
Research Article

An Optical Approach for the Determination of Droplet Volumes in Nanodispensing

Kerstin Thurow,1 Thomas Krüger,1 and Norbert Stoll2

1Center for Life Science Automation, F.-Barnewitz-Street 8, 18119 Rostock, Germany
2Institute of Automation, University of Rostock, R.-Wagner-Street 31, 18119 Rostock, Germany

Received 5 February 2009; Accepted 10 February 2009

Academic Editor: Peter Stockwell

Copyright © 2009 Kerstin Thurow et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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