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Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

This review covered the methods used to identify and characterize microplastics in marine environmental samples, evaluating the strengths and limitations of visual, spectroscopic, and chemical approaches for field and laboratory analysis.

2012 Environmental Science & Technology 5047 citations
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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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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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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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Analytical methods for the determination of microplastics in the environment

This review examines analytical methods used to identify and quantify microplastics in environmental samples, covering microscopy, spectroscopy, and chromatographic techniques as applied to water, soil, and biological matrices. The work evaluates the advantages and limitations of each method, discussing their real-world applicability for standardised microplastic monitoring across different sample types.

2024 Repository of Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering
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A comparison of microscopic and spectroscopic identification methods for analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

Researchers compared microscopic and spectroscopic methods for analyzing microplastics in environmental samples, evaluating accuracy and efficiency and finding that spectroscopic confirmation substantially reduces misidentification errors.

2015 Marine Pollution Bulletin 820 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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Analytical methods for microplastics in the environment: a review

Researchers reviewed classical and advanced analytical methods for detecting microplastics in the environment. The methods covered include visual analysis, electron microscopy, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, thermal analysis, mass spectrometry, and flow cytometry, providing a comprehensive overview of available tools for microplastic identification and quantification.

2022 Environmental Chemistry Letters 276 citations
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A critical comparison of the main characterization techniques for microplastics identification in an accelerated aging laboratory experiment

This paper critically compared the main spectroscopic and microscopic characterization techniques used to identify microplastics in environmental samples, evaluating their strengths, limitations, and suitability for different matrices. The review highlighted the need for standardized methods to improve comparability across microplastic studies.

2024 Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics 6 citations
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Detection and Extraction Techniques for Microplastics

This review covered detection and extraction techniques for microplastics across environmental matrices, evaluating spectroscopic, microscopic, and chromatographic methods. It assessed the strengths and limitations of each technique and identified where further method development is needed.

2024 Microplastics
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Why it is important to analyze the chemical composition of microplastics in environmental samples

This review argued for the critical importance of chemical composition analysis in microplastic research, noting that visual identification methods have historically overestimated microplastic quantities and that more sophisticated analytical approaches are needed for accurate characterization of particles smaller than 500 micrometers.

2021 Marine Pollution Bulletin 37 citations
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A Review of Microplastic Identification and Characterization Methods in Aquatic Environments

This review evaluates the various methods used to identify and characterize microplastics in water environments, from visual sorting to advanced spectroscopy and thermal analysis techniques. Researchers compared the strengths and limitations of each approach, noting that no single method can fully capture the diversity of microplastic pollution. The study recommends combining multiple analytical techniques and standardizing protocols to improve the reliability of microplastic monitoring worldwide.

2024 Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering 8 citations
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Methods of Analyzing Microsized Plastics in the Environment

This review covers sampling, extraction, identification, and quantification methods for microsized plastics across environmental matrices, finding that manual sorting and chemical analysis are needed for larger particles while automated spectroscopy methods are required for analyzing smaller microplastics.

2021 Applied Sciences 78 citations
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A systematic protocol of microplastics analysis from their identification to quantification in water environment: A comprehensive review

This review provides a systematic protocol for identifying and quantifying microplastics in water environments, covering sampling, extraction, and analytical techniques. Researchers evaluate the strengths and limitations of methods including visual sorting, spectroscopic analysis, and thermal techniques for characterizing microplastic pollution. The study emphasizes the urgent need for standardized methodologies to enable meaningful comparisons across different microplastic research studies.

2020 Journal of Hazardous Materials 150 citations
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Identification methods in microplastic analysis: a review

This review compared identification methods used in microplastic analysis — including visual inspection, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, and thermal analysis — evaluating their accuracy, throughput, and suitability for different sample types.

2016 Analytical Methods 970 citations
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Methods of the Investigation and Chemical Analysis of Microplastics and the Determination of Associated Compounds

This review surveys the major analytical methods used to identify microplastics and determine their chemical composition, including spectral, chromatographic, microscopic, and thermal techniques. Researchers compare the strengths and limitations of each approach for detecting different polymer types and associated chemical additives. The study serves as a practical guide for selecting appropriate methods for microplastic analysis in environmental and biological samples.

2025 Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2 citations
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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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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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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
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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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Microplastics in the environment: Challenges in analytical chemistry - A review

This review examined the analytical chemistry challenges of detecting and characterizing microplastics in environmental samples, highlighting ongoing issues with standardization, method sensitivity, and comparability across studies.

2018 Analytica Chimica Acta 807 citations
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Research Progress of Detection Methods for Microplastics

This review summarizes physical, chemical, and biological methods used to detect microplastics in environmental samples, comparing the advantages and limitations of each approach. Improving detection methods is essential for generating reliable data to support environmental protection strategies against microplastic pollution.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
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Mikroplastik - Źródła, Techniki Separacji I Identyfikacji

This review (in Polish) covers microplastics — their sources in the environment and the analytical techniques used to separate and identify them. The paper provides an overview of sampling, extraction, and spectroscopic identification methods relevant to environmental monitoring of microplastic pollution.

2023 Wiadomości Chemiczne
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How can we trace microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A review of the current knowledge on their analysis approaches

This review critically evaluates the analytical methods used to detect microplastics in wastewater treatment plants, covering sampling strategies, extraction and purification procedures, and identification techniques including spectroscopy. The authors highlight a lack of standardized methods as the primary challenge limiting accurate and comparable measurements across studies.

2020 The Science of The Total Environment 46 citations