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Supplementary Material: Freeze-induced hydrogel formation as a simple strategy to capture waterborne microplastics
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Researchers demonstrated a freeze-induced hydrogel formation technique as a low-complexity strategy for capturing waterborne microplastics, with supplementary photos and quantitative data validating the approach's effectiveness at immobilizing particles from water samples.
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