Microplastics are one of the concerning environmental pollutants because of their ubiquity.
Their capability to adsorb other environmental pollutants increases the risk even further.
Existing identification approaches for microplastic characterization for polymer class and
their surface-adsorbed heavy metal detection require the utilization of multiple resources
and expertise. The article discusses the applicability of a custom-made hyphenated Laser
Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)—Raman spectroscopic system in characterizing …

Existing identification approaches for microplastic characterization for polymer class and
their surface-adsorbed heavy metal detection require the utilization of multiple resources
and expertise. The article discusses the applicability of a custom-made hyphenated LIBS-
Raman spectroscopic system in characterizing microplastics by comparing the analytical
performance with conventional methods such as ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, confocal Raman
spectroscopy, and SEM-EDS. Raman analysis identified PE, PP and PET plastics, which is …