Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yunong Ji

Manabu Seo

Takahiko Matsumoto

Daisuke Takagi

Shigeo Hatada

Satoshi Izumi

Ikuo Katoh

Hiroki Somada

Ryuya Mashiko

Nobuaki Toyoshima

Hirotaka Unno

A particle counting apparatus is provided that includes: a droplet discharger configured to discharge a droplet containing at least one luminescent particle capable of emitting light upon receiving light; a light irradiator configured to irradiate the droplet discharged by the droplet discharger with light; at least one light receiver configured to receive light emitted by the at least one luminescent particle irradiated with the light emitted by the light irradiator; and circuitry configured to count luminescent particles contained in the droplet based on the light received by the at least one light receiver, the circuitry being configured to measure a presence or absence of the luminescent particles contained in the droplet; and to measure a number of the luminescent particles contained in the droplet.

Particle counting apparatus, particle counting method, and particle containing sample

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yunong Ji