Rapid and direct detection of small microplastics in aquatic samples by a new near infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) method.

Microplastic (MP) contamination is a critical environmental challenge with a strong impact on the ecosystems, economy and potentially for human health. The smaller the MP size, the greater is the environmental risks as well as the analytical difficulties in detecting and characterising the particles. .We propose a rapid near infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) method that enables the chemical identification and characterisation of small MP (down to 80 μm) in aquatic samples, directly on filters, with no pre-sorting step needed. By considerably reducing the procedural steps, the time of analysis and costs our method addresses the urgent need of cost-effective and robust tools for extensive monitoring of MP in natural systems.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Chemosphere

• Publication date

  2020-07-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127655PMID 32688326
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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