How to sterilize liquids (containing thermal unstable components) with really small volume?

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Adam B Shapiro

Here's a thought. What if you add ethanol to the container containing the trace of peptide to sterilize it, then evaporate the ethanol inside a sterile biosafety hood, then add sterile water, buffer, or medium to the tube to dissolve the peptide?

Abdelraouf A. Elmanama

is your peptide UV stable. If so, use UV