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Rapid identification of micro and nanoplastics by line scan Raman micro-spectroscopy
Summary
Researchers developed a faster Raman spectroscopy tool for identifying microplastic particles by scanning a line rather than a single point at a time, improving imaging speed by 10 to 100 times over conventional methods. This allows the same chemical identification and size characterization of microplastics across large sample areas in a fraction of the time. Faster analysis methods are critical for processing the large numbers of samples needed in environmental monitoring programs.
Microplastic pollution has become an environmental problem that cannot be ignored in our society. Raman spectroscopy technology has been widely used in the field of microplastics detection due to its non-contact, non-destructive chemical specificity. Traditional point confocal Raman micro-spectroscopy technology uses single-point detection, resulting in long measurement times to scan the large areas of interest of typical samples. In this paper, we present a line scan confocal Raman micro-spectroscopy tool for fast detection and identification of microplastic particles. We show size and composition identification of particles and imaging over large areas. Compared with point confocal Raman imaging, the line scan confocal Raman technology increases the imaging speed by 1-2 orders of magnitude.
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