Petaliter to Nanoliter

The nanoliter is a unit of volume equal to 10⁻⁹ liters, or one billionth of a liter.

1 nL = 10⁻⁹ L = 10⁻⁶ mL = 1,000 pL = 10⁻³ µL. One microliter = 1,000 nL.

To microliters: divide by 1,000. To picoliters: multiply by 1,000. To liters: multiply by 10⁻⁹.

Micro-dosing drug compounds, DNA micro-array printing, micro-fluidic diagnostic chips, and nano-dispensing robots.

Some advanced liquid handlers can dispense volumes as small as 2.5 nL with high accuracy, enabling drug discovery at microscale.

Confusing nL with mL — there are one million nL in a single mL. Always double-check prefix meanings.

Nanoliter = one millionth of a mL. Think of it as a tiny drop invisible to the eye — about the volume of a cube 100 µm on each side.