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Detection Methods
Environmental Sources
Gut & Microbiome
Marine & Wildlife
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Detection of microplastics in a digested complex organic medium by Raman Tweezers
2021
6 citations
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Antonino Foti,
Luca Nalbone,
M. G. Donato,
Onofrio M. Maragò,
Filippo Giarratana,
P. G. Gucciardi
Summary
Researchers used Raman tweezers to optically trap and identify individual polystyrene microbeads within a complex biological medium produced by digesting mussels. This technique shows that optical trapping can detect microplastics in challenging biological matrices relevant to food safety monitoring.
Polymers
Models
Raman Tweezers (RT) were exploited to trap and characterize polystyrene microbeads floating within a complex medium obtained by the digestion of a mussel which is considered a bioindicator for microplastics pollution.