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Novel Techniques for Micro and Nanoplastics Analysis: A Review

This review critically examines both traditional and advanced analytical techniques for microplastic and nanoplastic analysis, covering sampling, identification, and quantification methods for particles smaller than 5 mm. The review summarizes current applications of microscopy, spectroscopy, and emerging cutting-edge approaches, highlighting the need for reliable and rapid standardized methods given the ubiquitous prevalence of microplastic contamination.

2025 Asian Journal of Chemistry
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Analytical Techniques for the Detection and Characterization of Microplastics: an Overview

This overview reviews state-of-the-art analytical methods for identifying and characterizing microplastics, covering spectroscopic and microscopic approaches and their strengths and limitations for detecting plastic particles across environmental compartments including water, soil, and biological samples.

2025 KDU Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies
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Advancing Micro Plastic Analysis: A Comprehensive Review of Detection and Characterization Techniques

This review evaluates the current state of microplastic detection and characterization methods, from visual identification to advanced spectroscopic techniques. Researchers highlighted the challenges of detecting microplastics in complex environmental samples and the limitations of existing approaches. The study calls for standardized methods and emerging technologies to improve the accuracy and reliability of microplastic analysis across different ecosystems.

2024 Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 3 citations
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New Analytical Approaches for Effective Quantification and Identification of Nanoplastics in Environmental Samples

This review assessed new analytical approaches for quantifying and identifying nanoplastics in environmental samples, highlighting fundamental challenges in detection due to their small size and the need for improved methods to understand nanoplastic contamination levels.

2021 Processes 31 citations
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The micro-, submicron-, and nanoplastic hunt: A review of detection methods for plastic particles

This review systematically summarizes detection and characterization methods for micro-, submicron-, and nanoplastics, providing recommendations for method validation, standardization, and analytical pathways suited to different sample types and research goals.

2022 Chemosphere 136 citations
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Challenges and Recent Analytical Advances in Micro/Nanoplastic Detection

This review covers the challenges scientists face in detecting and measuring micro- and nanoplastics in the environment, especially for particles smaller than one micrometer. Current analytical methods have significant limitations for identifying nanoplastics due to their extremely small size and diverse chemical compositions. Improving detection technology is essential for accurately assessing how much microplastic contamination exists in water, food, and human tissues.

2024 Analytical Chemistry 41 citations
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Challenges and Advances in Analytical Techniques to Detect Micro- and Nanoplastics

This research review summarizes the current methods scientists use to detect and study microplastics and nanoplastics - tiny plastic particles that can get into our environment, food, and bodies. The authors explain that identifying these extremely small plastic pieces is very challenging and requires advanced laboratory techniques to understand what types of plastics they are and how much is present. Better detection methods are important because we need to understand how much plastic pollution we're exposed to and its potential effects on human health.

2026
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Chemical Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Challenges, Advanced Methods, and Perspectives

This review covers the latest laboratory methods for detecting and measuring microplastics and nanoplastics in environmental samples like water, food, and air. Identifying these tiny particles is extremely challenging because they vary enormously in size, shape, and plastic type, and concentrations can differ by billions of times between samples. Better standardized detection methods are essential for accurately understanding how much microplastic humans are actually exposed to.

2021 Chemical Reviews 927 citations
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Recent progress and technological advancements for detection of micro/nano-plastics in the environment

This review surveys the latest analytical tools for detecting micro- and nanoplastics across environmental samples, covering imaging, spectroscopy, electrochemical sensors, and artificial intelligence. It highlights how the very small size and chemical complexity of nanoplastics makes detection especially challenging, and discusses how AI integration is improving accuracy and throughput. Advancing detection methods is foundational to understanding the true scale of microplastic contamination and its risks to ecosystems and human health.

2026 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
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The development and application of advanced analytical methods in microplastics contamination detection: A critical review

This review evaluated advanced analytical methods for detecting microplastic contamination, covering techniques from visual identification and spectroscopy to emerging approaches, and highlighted the need for standardized, efficient methods to improve environmental monitoring.

2021 The Science of The Total Environment 116 citations
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Methods and challenges in the detection of microplastics and nanoplastics: a mini‐review

This review evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of analytical methods used to detect and identify microplastics and nanoplastics, including microscopy, spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry techniques. Researchers identified key challenges such as distinguishing genuine environmental microplastics from contamination introduced during sample collection and processing. The study provides recommendations for improving data quality and reliability in microplastic research.

2021 Polymer International 177 citations
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Recent advances on the methods developed for the identification and detection of emerging contaminant microplastics: a review

This review surveyed recent advances in methods for detecting and identifying microplastics in environmental samples. Researchers compared techniques including spectroscopy, microscopy, and newer automated approaches, evaluating their strengths and limitations. The study highlights that while detection capabilities have improved significantly, there is still a need for standardized, cost-effective methods that can reliably identify very small microplastic particles.

2023 RSC Advances 37 citations
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A review on analytical performance of micro- and nanoplastics analysis methods

This review evaluated the analytical methods currently available for detecting and measuring micro- and nanoplastics in various environments. Researchers compared techniques based on their accuracy, sensitivity, and practical limitations, noting that particle size and the complexity of the surrounding material significantly affect method performance. The study identifies key challenges and provides guidance on selecting appropriate analytical approaches for different types of plastic pollution research.

2023 Arabian Journal of Chemistry 37 citations
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High-resolution characterization technology for micro-/nano-plastics

This review provides an overview of advanced technologies for detecting and characterizing micro- and nanoplastics, including Raman spectroscopy, infrared imaging, and mass spectrometry techniques. Researchers evaluated the capabilities and limitations of each method, particularly for identifying the smallest plastic particles that are most challenging to measure. The study emphasizes that improving detection at the nanoscale is essential for accurately assessing the environmental and health risks of plastic pollution.

2024 Journal of Physics D Applied Physics 6 citations
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Analytical methods used in microplastics identification: A review

This review examines the range of analytical methods used to identify microplastics in environmental samples, evaluating the strengths and limitations of techniques including visual inspection, spectroscopy, and chromatography for accurate microplastic characterization.

2024 Journal of Hydro-meteorology
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The Emerging of Microplastic and Nanoplastic as Pollutants and their Characterization and Analysis

This review presents an integrated approach to sampling, sample preparation, and analytical methods for detecting microplastics and nanoplastics in solid and aqueous environmental samples, discussing current challenges and emerging methodologies for more accurate characterization.

2023 Brazilian Journal of Analytical Chemistry 3 citations
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Methods for Micro‐ and Nanoplastics Analysis

This review examines analytical methods for detecting, identifying, and quantifying micro- and nanoplastics across terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric environments, evaluating identification and quantification techniques as prerequisites for effective remediation of these pervasive contaminants.

2024 1 citations
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Advanced tools and methodologies for identification, characterization, and quantification of micro/nano plastics in environmental matrices

This review comprehensively covers methods for separating, identifying, and quantifying micro- and nanoplastics from environmental matrices, comparing density separation, magnetic separation, filtration, enzymatic treatments, and advanced spectroscopic and imaging characterization techniques.

2025 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
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Recent Applications in Analytical Techniques of Microplastics

This review surveys analytical methods developed over the past five years for detecting and identifying microplastics, covering fluorescent labeling, spectroscopy, thermal analysis, electrochemistry, mass spectrometry, and chromatography. Researchers found that while each technique has strengths, no single method can fully characterize the diverse types, sizes, and compositions of microplastics found in the environment. The work highlights the need for standardized, comprehensive detection approaches to better monitor and understand microplastic pollution.

2025 Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 4 citations
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A physical chemistry lens on environmental nanoplastics analysis challenges. Part II: detection techniques – principles, limitations and future directions

A physical chemistry perspective examined the analytical challenges of measuring environmental nanoplastics, arguing that standard methods often miss or mischaracterize the smallest particles. The paper calls for improved analytical frameworks to better understand nanoplastic behavior and biological risks.

2025 Environmental Science Nano 1 citations
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Spectro‐Microscopic Techniques for Studying Nanoplastics in the Environment and in Organisms

This review examines spectro-microscopic techniques for detecting and characterizing nanoplastics (under 1 um) in environmental and biological matrices, arguing that effective analysis requires combining particle imaging with chemical characterization of the same particles, and highlighting methods capable of simultaneous morphological and chemical identification.

2022 Angewandte Chemie 3 citations
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Methods of investigation and chemical analysis of microplastics and determination of associated compounds

This review surveyed spectral, chromatographic, microscopic, and thermal analytical methods used to study microplastics and associated compounds over the past 20 years, summarizing how each technique is applied to identify microplastics and determine their toxicological effects at all levels of biological organization.

2025 Журнал аналитической химии / Journal of Analytical Chemistry
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Separation, characterization and identification of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment

This review evaluates the various analytical techniques used to separate, characterize, and identify microplastics and nanoplastics in environmental samples. Researchers compared the strengths and weaknesses of different methods including spectroscopy, microscopy, and thermal analysis approaches. The study highlights the need for standardized procedures and emerging detection tools to improve our understanding of microplastic contamination and its ecological impacts.

2020 The Science of The Total Environment 331 citations
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Microplastics, an Emerging Concern: A Review of Analytical Techniques for Detecting and Quantifying Microplatics

This review surveyed analytical methods for detecting and quantifying microplastics published from 2000 to 2018, covering visual identification, spectroscopic, and pyrolysis-based techniques across environmental, food, and biological matrices. The authors identify the lack of standardized methods as a major barrier to generating comparable data on microplastic prevalence and health implications.

2019 Analytical Methods in Environmental Chemistry Journal 82 citations