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Separation of false-positive microplastics and analysis of microplastics via a two-phase system combined with confocal Raman spectroscopy

Journal of Hazardous Materials 2022 34 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 40 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Yu Liu, Ruikun Sun, Min Chang, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Zifan Lu, Min Chang, Zhenqing Dai, Min Chang, Yu Liu, Jie Yang, Zhenqing Dai, Yueqin Zhang, Ruikun Sun, Chengyong Li Zhenqing Dai, Yueqin Zhang, Wenyan Jiang, Jiale Hu, Zifan Lu, Zifan Lu, Zifan Lu, Yu Liu, Yu Liu, Lei Ren, Chengyong Li Zifan Lu, Zifan Lu, Ruikun Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Yu Liu, Zhenqing Dai, Zifan Lu, Zhenqing Dai, Yuying Liao, Ruikun Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Ruikun Sun, Ruikun Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Ruikun Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Zifan Lu, Zhenqing Dai, Pengzhi Hong, Chunxia Zhou, Chunxia Zhou, Chunxia Zhou, Chunxia Zhou, Chunxia Zhou, Chunxia Zhou, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Ruikun Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Chunxia Zhou, Shengli Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Yu Liu, Jiale Hu, Chengyong Li Shengli Sun, Chengyong Li Zhenqing Dai, Ruikun Sun, Min Chang, Zhenqing Dai, Yueqin Zhang, Zhenqing Dai, Ruikun Sun, Min Chang, Zhenqing Dai, Yan‐Qiu Liang, Yan‐Qiu Liang, Lei Ren, Jie Yang, Chunxia Zhou, Pengzhi Hong, Pengzhi Hong, Pengzhi Hong, Pengzhi Hong, Zifan Lu, Zhong‐Ji Qian, Zhong‐Ji Qian, Zhong‐Ji Qian, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Min Chang, Min Chang, Yueqin Zhang, Pengzhi Hong, Zhenqing Dai, Chunxia Zhou, Ruikun Sun, Yueqin Zhang, Chengyong Li Min Chang, Yueqin Zhang, Zhong‐Ji Qian, Yueqin Zhang, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Lei Ren, Zhenqing Dai, Yueqin Zhang, Ruikun Sun, Shengli Sun, Zifan Lu, Yan‐Qiu Liang, Chengyong Li Pengzhi Hong, Min Chang, Shengli Sun, Shengli Sun, Ruikun Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Ruikun Sun, Pengzhi Hong, Zhenqing Dai, Shengli Sun, Shengli Sun, Yan‐Qiu Liang, Shengli Sun, Shengli Sun, Chengyong Li Shengli Sun, Shengli Sun, Shengli Sun, Jie Yang, Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Zhenqing Dai, Pengzhi Hong, Pengzhi Hong, Pengzhi Hong, Ruikun Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Zhenqing Dai, Yueqin Zhang, Zhenqing Dai, Yueqin Zhang, Ruikun Sun, Zhong‐Ji Qian, Zhong‐Ji Qian, Yueqin Zhang, Yueqin Zhang, Zhenqing Dai, Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Shengli Sun, Shengli Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Chunxia Zhou, Shengli Sun, Chengyong Li Yan‐Qiu Liang, Pengzhi Hong, Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Zhenqing Dai, Ruikun Sun, Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Yan‐Qiu Liang, Jie Yang, Chunxia Zhou, Chunxia Zhou, Lei Ren, Chengyong Li Ruikun Sun, Lei Ren, Chengyong Li Pengzhi Hong, Pengzhi Hong, Yueqin Zhang, Chengyong Li Yan‐Qiu Liang, Chengyong Li Yueqin Zhang, Lei Ren, Chunxia Zhou, Yan‐Qiu Liang, Lei Ren, Chengyong Li Shengli Sun, Zhenqing Dai, Chengyong Li Yan‐Qiu Liang, Chengyong Li Zhenqing Dai, Pengzhi Hong, Chengyong Li Pengzhi Hong, Shengli Sun, Chengyong Li Shengli Sun, Lei Ren, Lei Ren, Yueqin Zhang, Yueqin Zhang, Chengyong Li Chunxia Zhou, Yueqin Zhang, Chengyong Li Yueqin Zhang, Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Shengli Sun, Yueqin Zhang, Pengzhi Hong, Zhong‐Ji Qian, Yueqin Zhang, Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Shengli Sun, Chengyong Li Chengyong Li Lei Ren, Yan‐Qiu Liang, Yueqin Zhang, Yueqin Zhang, Chengyong Li

Summary

Researchers developed a two-phase ethyl acetate-water separation system combined with confocal Raman spectroscopy to accurately distinguish true microplastics from false positives in beach sand and other environmental samples, offering a more standardized and reliable analytical method for microplastics research.

Study Type Environmental

In the field of microplastics research, more accurate standardised methods and analytical techniques still need to be explored. In this study, a new method for the microplastics quantitatively and qualitatively analysis by two-phase (ethyl acetate-water) system combined with confocal Raman spectroscopy was developed. Microplastics can be separated from false-positive microplastics in beach sand and marine sediment, attributing to the hydrophobic-lipophilic interaction (HLI) of the two-phase system. Results show that the recovery rates of complex environment microplastics (polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyamide 66 (PA 66), polycarbonate (PC) and polyethylene (PE)) are higher than 92.98%. Moreover, the new technique can also be used to detect hydrophobic and lipophilic antibiotics, such as sulfamethoxazole (SMX), erythromycin (EM), madimycin (MD), and josamycin (JOS), which adsorbed on microplastics and are extracted based on the dissolving-precipitating mechanism. This innovative research strategy provides a new scope for further detection of marine environment microplastics and toxic compounds adsorbed on its surface.

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