The Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ Lite Spectrophotometer is a compact, personal UV-Vis microvolume spectrophotometer, which complements the full-featured Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ 2000/2000c and Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ 8000 instruments. Even though the Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ Lite is designed with fewer features than the Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ 2000 or Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ 8000 series, it delivers where it counts: rapid, accurate and reproducible microvolume measurements without the need for dilutions. It uses the same sample retention system that has become a hallmark of Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ instruments; the sample is held in place by surface tension only.