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Cover Picture: Photoinduced Force Microscopy as an Efficient Method Towards the Detection of Nanoplastics (Chemistry ‐ Methods 5/2021)

Chemistry - Methods 2021
Iris C. ten Have, Adriaan J. A. Duijndam, Ramon Oord, Hannie J. M. van Berlo‐van den Broek, Ina Vollmer, Bert M. Weckhuysen, Florian Meirer

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This is a cover picture description for a study on using photoinduced force microscopy to detect nanoplastics, showing polystyrene nanoplastics and how the technique uses a nano-scale tip as a detector to overcome the diffraction limit of infrared light. It is a journal cover note rather than a full article.

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The Front Cover shows a polystyrene nanoplastics and how they are detected with photo-induced force microscopy infrared spectroscopy. This method overcomes the diffraction limit of infrared light by employing a nano-sized tip as detector. Oxidative degradation and chain scission occurred on the surface of the polystyrene nanoplastics in salt water, as depicted by the carbonyl and aliphatic functionalities. Detecting nano-sized plastic particles is essential for understanding how plastic waste breaks down into smaller particles in the environment. More information can be found in the Communication by Iris C. ten Have et al.

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