Characterization and regulation of microplastic pollution for protecting planetary and human health

YS Jung, V Sampath, M Prunicki, J Aguilera… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics are plastic particles< 5 mm in diameter. Since the 1950s, there has been an
exponential increase in the production of plastics. As of 2015, it is estimated that …

Emerging electrochemical techniques for identifying and removing micro/nanoplastics in urban waters

Z Chen, W Wei, X Liu, BJ Ni - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous micro/nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) in urban waters are priority pollutants due to
their toxic effects on living organisms. Currently, great efforts have been made to realize a …

Current perspectives, challenges, and future directions in the electrochemical detection of microplastics

AH Kamel, A Hefnawy, LJ Hazeem, SA Rashdan… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Microplastics (5 μm) are a developing threat that contaminate every environmental
compartment. The detection of these contaminants is undoubtedly an important topic of …

A microfluidic approach for label-free identification of small-sized microplastics in seawater

L Gong, O Martinez, P Mesquita, K Kurtz, Y Xu… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Marine microplastics are emerging as a growing environmental concern due to their
potential harm to marine biota. The substantial variations in their physical and chemical …

Approaches to detect microplastics in water using electrical impedance measurements and support vector machines

V Meiler, J Pfeiffer, L Bifano… - IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) enhanced by machine learning (ML),
in particular support vector machines (SVMs), as a noninvasive, in situ method for detecting …

A collection device for various-sized microparticles that uses four serial acoustic separations: Working toward microplastic emission prevention

T Jonai, Y Ohori, T Fujii, A Nakayama… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Small plastic debris particles less than 5 mm in size called microplastics (MPs) are an
emerging global ecological issue. This study developed a high enrichment microfluidic …

When microplastics meet electroanalysis: future analytical trends for an emerging threat

M Mosquera-Ortega, LR de Sousa, S Susmel… - Analytical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Microplastics are a major modern challenge that must be addressed to protect the
environment, particularly the marine environment. Microplastics, defined as particles≤ 5 …

Bioanalytical approaches for the detection, characterization, and risk assessment of micro/nanoplastics in agriculture and food systems

C Yu, P Takhistov, E Alocilja, JR De Corcuera… - Analytical and …, 2022 - Springer
This review discusses the most recent literature (mostly since 2019) on the presence and
impact of microplastics (MPs, particle size of 1 μm to 5 mm) and nanoplastics (NPs, particle …

Permittivity‐Based Microparticle Classification by the Integration of Impedance Cytometry and Microwave Resonators

U Tefek, B Sari, HZ Alhmoud, MS Hanay - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Permittivity of microscopic particles can be used as a classification parameter for
applications in materials and environmental sciences. However, directly measuring the …

Nanoplastics in Water: Artificial Intelligence-Assisted 4D Physicochemical Characterization and Rapid In Situ Detection

Z Wang, D Pal, A Pilechi, PA Ariya - Environmental Science & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
For the first time, we present a much-needed technology for the in situ and real-time
detection of nanoplastics in aquatic systems. We show an artificial intelligence-assisted …