Capture and SERS detection of nanoplastics using three-dimensional Ag/PVA aerogels

Modified hydrogel for high efficiency SERS detection and adsorption removal of microplastics

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Researchers developed a modified hydrogel material capable of both detecting and capturing microplastics using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). The hydrogel's porous structure allows it to adsorb microplastic particles from water while SERS provides sensitive, rapid identification of plastic types. This dual-function approach offers a promising tool for environmental monitoring and microplastic removal from water systems.

Rapid and low-cost detection platform for micro- and nanoplastics

A Nile Red-assisted colorimetric and SERS dual-mode strategy for the rapid and highly sensitive detection of nanoplastics

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Scientists have developed a quick, dye-based test that can detect nanoplastics, plastic particles so small they're invisible to the eye, in water using either a simple color change or a more sensitive light-based scan. This matters because nanoplastics are increasingly found in our environment and bodies, but current detection methods require expensive lab equipment, making it hard to track this potential health threat; this new tool could someday enable easier, on-site monitoring of water safety.

Sensitive and specific capture of polystyrene and polypropylene microplastics using engineered peptide biosensors.

Enabling quantitative and ultrasensitive SERS-based analysis of polystyrene nanoplastics in complex aqueous matrices with Ag/Ti3C2Tx (MXene)