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Detection Methods
Nanoplastics
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Fabrication and characterization of (fluorescent) model nanoplastics for polymer specific detection
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
2026
Laurens Mandemaker,
Hanya Spoelstra,
Adriaan J. A. Duijndam,
Lia N. Corbett,
Joren M. Dorresteijn,
Erik Zettler,
Linda Amaral-Zettler,
Bert Weckhuysen,
Florian Meirer,
Florian Meirer
Summary
Scientists developed fluorescently labeled model nanoplastics that mimic the properties of real plastic particles, enabling polymer-specific identification at very small scales. These standardized reference particles are a key research tool because nanoplastics are otherwise extremely difficult to detect and characterize in environmental samples.
Fabrication and characterization of (fluorescent) model nanoplastics for polymer specific detection