Novel gravimetric measurement technique for quantitative volume calibration in the sub-microliter range

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Liang, Dong ^a   Steinert, Chris ^b   Bammesberger, Stefan ^c   Tanguy, Laurent ^c   Ernst, Andreas ^b,c   Zengerle, Roland ^a,c   Koltay, Peter ^b,c  

^a HSG IMIT Institut für Mikro und Informationstechnik Georges Koehler Allee 103   (Germany)

^b BIOFLUIDIX GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

gravimetric measurement; linear regression; measurement uncertainty assessment; micro dispenser calibration; micro liquid handling calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DISPENSERS; LINEAR REGRESSION; PHOTOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS;

GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MICRO-DISPENSER; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-LIQUID; STANDARD MEASUREMENTS; VOLUME DETERMINATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872699908     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/24/2/025301     Document Type: Article

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