Separation, characterization and identification of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment

W Fu, J Min, W Jiang, Y Li, W Zhang - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
… Similar to nanomaterials and nanoparticles, accurate and reliable detection and measurement
of MPs or nanoplastics and their characteristics are important to warrant a comprehensive …

Separation and characterization of microplastic and nanoplastic particles in marine environment

K Zhao, Y Wei, J Dong, P Zhao, Y Wang, X Pan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
… been used for the detection of plastic particles in marine … research of microplastic and
nanoplastic particles. Currently, the … microplastic particles, especially the tiny nanoplastic particles. …

Separation and analysis of microplastics and nanoplastics in complex environmental samples

B Nguyen, D Claveau-Mallet… - Accounts of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
… With existing techniques, microplastics and nanoplastics are difficult to characterize or
even detect. Their low mass and small size provide limited signal for visual, vibrational …

Methods for the analysis of submicrometer-and nanoplastic particles in the environment

C Schwaferts, R Niessner, M Elsner… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2019 - Elsevier
… although unintuitive, subμ- and nanoplastic can constitute high particle numbers and, at the
particle size detection limits or low LODs in terms of mass to detect subμ- and nanoplastic in …

Separation and enrichment of nanoplastics in environmental water samples via ultracentrifugation

H Cai, M Chen, F Du, S Matthews, H Shi - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
… Therefore, many proposed methods fail to detect nanoplastics in … particle concentration of
SPS and FPS nanoplastics in initial water samples was 7.12 × 10 9 and 7.24 × 10 8 particles/L, …

[HTML][HTML] Micro and nanoplastics identification: classic methods and innovative detection techniques

S Mariano, S Tacconi, M Fidaleo, M Rossi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… micro/nanoplastics, but they have the limitation to produce incomplete results in analyses
of small particles. … could solve the current problems in the identification of micro/nanoplastics. …

From sampling to analysis: A critical review of techniques used in the detection of micro-and nanoplastics in aquatic environments

J Delgado-Gallardo, GL Sullivan, P Esteban… - ACS ES&T …, 2021 - ACS Publications
… The fact that plastics break down into smaller particles (micro- and nanoplastics) by the
action of physical and chemical reactions and do not degrade biologically is a cause of concern …

[HTML][HTML] The micro-, submicron-, and nanoplastic hunt: A review of detection methods for plastic particles

J Caldwell, P Taladriz-Blanco, R Lehner, A Lubskyy… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
… facets of the micro- and nanoplastics field; ranging from size and shape definitions to
detection and characterization techniques to generating reference particles; in order to provide a …

Methods and challenges in the detection of microplastics and nanoplastics: a mini‐review

S Adhikari, V Kelkar, R Kumar… - Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… This technique has been successfully used to detect MPs with a particle size of <500 μm for
detecting PE, polycaprolactone and PET. It is used for chemical analysis and compositional …

Analysis of environmental nanoplastics: Progress and challenges

H Cai, EG Xu, F Du, R Li, J Liu, H Shi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
separation, identification, and quantification of nanoplastics. Most of the studies successfully
detected standard reference nanoplastics … separate and quantify nanoplastics from real field …