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Raman and FTIR spectra used in: Lenz et al. 2021, "Measuring impacts of microplastic treatments via image recognition on immobilised particles below 100 µm"
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This is a dataset of Raman and FTIR spectra supporting a published study by Lenz et al. 2021 that used image recognition to measure the effects of different chemical treatments on microplastic particles. The spectroscopic data enables verification and reuse of the analytical methods described in the accompanying research article.
Spectroscopic data measured on untreated and treated microplastic particles using Raman and FTIR microspectroscopy. All details on methods of measurements are described in the main manuscript.
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