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Fluorescence-Free Tracking of Polystyrene Microplastics in Mosquito Larvae Using Dark-Field Hyperspectral Microscopy

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Yulia A. Frank, Ilnur Ishmukhametov, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Ilnur Ishmukhametov, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Marina Kryuchkova, Rawil Fakhrullin Yulia A. Frank, Anna A. Varenitsina, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Ilnur Ishmukhametov, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Ilnur Ishmukhametov, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Anna A. Varenitsina, Anna A. Varenitsina, A. V. Simakova, A. V. Simakova, Rawil Fakhrullin Ilnur Ishmukhametov, Ilnur Ishmukhametov, A. V. Simakova, A. V. Simakova, Yulia A. Frank, Rawil Fakhrullin Rawil Fakhrullin Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Rawil Fakhrullin Rawil Fakhrullin Rawil Fakhrullin Rawil Fakhrullin A. V. Simakova, Anna A. Varenitsina, A. V. Simakova, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Vadim V. Yartsev, Rawil Fakhrullin Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Yulia A. Frank, Vadim V. Yartsev, D. A. Nadueva, D. A. Nadueva, Rawil Fakhrullin Yulia A. Frank, Anna A. Varenitsina, Yulia A. Frank, Rawil Fakhrullin Yu.V. Andreeva, Rawil Fakhrullin

Summary

Researchers used dark-field hyperspectral microscopy to track the distribution of 2-micrometer polystyrene microspheres in mosquito larvae without relying on fluorescence, finding that histological processing quenches fluorescence and alters spectral properties, and demonstrating that enhanced dark-field microscopy coupled with hyperspectral imaging is a reliable fluorescence-free method for mapping microplastic biodistribution in complex tissues.

Polymers

Using dark-field hyperspectral microscopy, we analyzed the distribution of fluorescently-labelled polystyrene microspheres with a size of 2 μm in mosquito larvae and observed the quenching of fluorescence and changes in spectral properties due to histological processing. We propose enhanced dark-field microscopy coupled with hyperspectral imaging as a versatile method for analysing polymer colloids (microplastics) biodistribution in complex tissues.

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