Analytical methods for microplastics in the environment: a review

Total Organic Carbon as a Quantitative Index of Micro- and Nano-Plastic Pollution

(2022) Peng Li et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

pH-responsive magnetic artificial melanin with tunable aggregation-induced stronger magnetism for rapid remediation of plastic fragments

(2022) Yuange Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Theoretical investigation on the interactions of microplastics with a SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragment and their potential impacts on viral transport and exposure

(2022) Fan Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The assessment of particle selection and blank correction to enhance the analysis of microplastics with Raman microspectroscopy

(2022) Tenzin Tsering et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Fluorescence sensing of microplastics on surfaces

(2021) Camila Q. V. Costa et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Sequential Isolation of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Environmental Waters by Membrane Filtration, Followed by Cloud-Point Extraction

(2021) Qing-cun Li et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastic sampling techniques in freshwaters and sediments: a review

(2021) Nastaran Razeghi et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Higher photocatalytic removal of organic pollutants using pangolin-like composites made of 3–4 atomic layers of MoS2 nanosheets deposited on tourmaline

(2021) Ming Hao et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Counting Nanoplastics in Environmental Waters by Single Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy after Cloud-Point Extraction and In Situ Labeling of Gold Nanoparticles

(2021) Yujian Lai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Toxicity and behavioral response of zebrafish exposed to combined microplastic and bisphenol analogues

(2021) Xiyan Mu et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Electrocatalytic upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate to commodity chemicals and H2 fuel

(2021) Hua Zhou et al.   Nature Communications

Quantification of Nanoplastic Uptake in Cucumber Plants by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

(2021) Chengjun Li et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Sample preparation methods for the analysis of microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: a review

(2021) Nastaran Razeghi et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Microplastics in mangroves and coral reef ecosystems: a review

(2021) Juliana John et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Generation of nanoplastics during the photoageing of low-density polyethylene

(2021) Carmen Sorasan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Comparison of Detection Methods of Microplastics in Landfill Mineralized Refuse and Selection of Degradation Degree Indexes

(2021) Ying Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Quantifying the Dynamics of Polystyrene Microplastics UV-Aging Process

(2021) Ziyi Liu et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Experimental evidence of laser diffraction accuracy for particle size analysis

(2021) Marco Bittelli et al.   GEODERMA

Rapid Monitoring Approach for Microplastics Using Portable Pyrolysis-Mass Spectrometry

(2020) Xiangnan Zhang et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Separation, characterization and identification of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment

(2020) Wanyi Fu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

EXPRESS: Critical Assessment of Analytical Methods for the Harmonized and Cost Efficient Analysis of Microplastics

(2020) Sebastian Primpke et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

(2020) Yulan Zhang et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil

(2020) Jing-Jie Guo et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Removal of microplastics from the environment. A review

(2020) Mohsen Padervand et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Occurrence of Microplastics in Commercial Seafood under the Perspective of the Human Food Chain. A Review

(2020) Raffaelina Mercogliano et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

A Novel Strategy for the Detection and Quantification of Nanoplastics by Single Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

(2020) Javier Jiménez-Lamana et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Detection of trace sub-micron (nano) plastics in water samples using pyrolysis-gas chromatography time of flight mass spectrometry (PY-GCToF).

(2020) G.L. Sullivan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Ecotoxicoproteomic assessment of microplastics and plastic additives in aquatic organisms: A review

(2020) Wang Liu et al.   Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics

Interaction of freshwater microplastics with biota and heavy metals: a review

(2020) Nafiaah Naqash et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Surface Reactions in Selective Modification: The Prerequisite for Plastic Flotation

(2020) Hongru Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Identify Zr Promotion Effects in Atomic Scale for Co-Based Catalysts in Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis

(2020) Yuang Piao et al.   ACS Catalysis

Development and Application of a Mass Spectrometry Method for Quantifying Nylon Microplastics in Environment

(2020) Chu Peng et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Effects of microplastics and nanoplastics on marine environment and human health

(2020) Siva Sankar Sana et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: a recent review of occurrence, analysis, potential impacts, and research needs

(2020) Shazani Sarijan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Thermal analysis and enhanced visual technique for assessment of microplastics in fish from an Urban Harbor, Mediterranean Coast of Egypt

(2020) Soha Hamdy Shabaka et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Olive oil-based method for the extraction, quantification and identification of microplastics in soil and compost samples

(2020) Costanza Scopetani et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Isotope ratio mass spectrometry and spectroscopic techniques for microplastics characterization

(2020) Quinn T. Birch et al.   TALANTA

Preliminary Results From Detection of Microplastics in Liquid Samples Using Flow Cytometry

(2020) Namrata Kaile et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Subcritical and supercritical water for chemical recycling of plastic waste

(2020) Alex Queiroz et al.   Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry

Novel fabrication of a sepiolite supported cobalt-based catalyst via a coprecipitation-reduction method

(2020) Fei Wang et al.   APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE

Suspended fine particulate matter (PM2.5), microplastics (MPs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air: Their possible relationships and health implications

(2020) Razegheh Akhbarizadeh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Challenges in the search for nanoplastics in the environment—A critical review from the polymer science perspective

(2020) Ignacy Jakubowicz et al.   POLYMER TESTING

Analysis of microplastics in consumer products by single particle-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry using the carbon-13 isotope

(2020) Francisco Laborda et al.   TALANTA

Automated thermal extraction-desorption gas chromatography mass spectrometry: A multifunctional tool for comprehensive characterization of polymers and their degradation products

(2019) E. Duemichen et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Magnetic Extraction of Microplastics from Environmental Samples

(2019) Jelena Grbic et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Separation and Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Complex Environmental Samples

(2019) Brian Nguyen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

The ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on aquatic food web, from primary producer to human: A review

(2019) Wenfeng Wang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

The chemical behaviors of microplastics in marine environment: A review

(2019) Xuan Guo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Things we know and don’t know about nanoplastic in the environment

(2019) Stephan Wagner et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Assessing the environmental transformation of nanoplastic through 13C-labelled polymers

(2019) Michael Sander et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Tourmaline-Modified FeMnTiOx Catalysts for Improved Low-Temperature NH3-SCR Performance

(2019) Fei Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Raman Spectral Imaging for the Detection of Inhalable Microplastics in Ambient Particulate Matter Samples

(2019) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Incidence and persistence of silver nanoparticles throughout the wastewater treatment process

(2019) Pabel Cervantes-Avilés et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Characterization of microplastics in environment by thermal gravimetric analysis coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

(2019) Jianping Yu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry as screening tool for detection of particles

(2019) Francisco Laborda et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART B-ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY

Measurement of high flexibility components in composite material by touch probe and force sensing resistors

(2019) Andrea Corrado et al.   Journal of Manufacturing Processes

LDPE microplastic films alter microbial community composition and enzymatic activities in soil

(2019) Yi Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Facile synthesis of FeS2/MoS2 composite intertwined on rGO nanosheets as a high-performance anode material for sodium-ion battery

(2019) Subramanian Yuvaraj et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Microplastics: an emerging threat to food security and human health

(2019) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Using FTIRS as pre-screening method for detection of microplastic in bulk sediment samples

(2019) Annette Hahn et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Comparison between manta trawl and in situ pump filtration methods, and guidance for visual identification of microplastics in surface waters

(2019) Therese M. Karlsson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Microplastics in the environment: Challenges in analytical chemistry - A review

(2018) Ana B. Silva et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Instrumental analysis of microplastics—benefits and challenges

(2018) Sven Huppertsberg et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Adsorption of antibiotics on microplastics

(2018) Jia Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Abundance and Composition in Western Lake Superior As Determined via Microscopy, Pyr-GC/MS, and FTIR

(2018) Erik Hendrickson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A review of methods for measuring microplastics in aquatic environments

(2018) Lei Mai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Detection of nanoparticles in edible plant tissues exposed to nano-copper using single-particle ICP-MS

(2018) Arturo A. Keller et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

A simple method for the extraction and identification of light density microplastics from soil

(2018) Shaoliang Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Small-sized microplastics and pigmented particles in bottled mineral water

(2018) Barbara E. Oßmann et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Analysis of microplastics in water by micro-Raman spectroscopy: Release of plastic particles from different packaging into mineral water

(2018) Darena Schymanski et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Quantification of microplastic mass and removal rates at wastewater treatment plants applying Focal Plane Array (FPA)-based Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) imaging

(2018) Márta Simon et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Identification of microplastics using Raman spectroscopy: Latest developments and future prospects

(2018) Catarina F. Araujo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

(2018) Ilka Peeken et al.   Nature Communications

Feasting on microplastics: ingestion by and effects on marine organisms

(2018) CO Egbeocha et al.   Aquatic Biology

Cloud-Point Extraction Combined with Thermal Degradation for Nanoplastic Analysis Using Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

(2018) Xiao-xia Zhou et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Methods for sampling and detection of microplastics in water and sediment: A critical review

(2018) Joana Correia Prata et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Comparison of different methods for MP detection: What can we learn from them, and why asking the right question before measurements matters?

(2017) Anna M. Elert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Simultaneous Trace Identification and Quantification of Common Types of Microplastics in Environmental Samples by Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

(2017) Marten Fischer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Spatial and temporal variation of macro-, meso- and microplastic abundance on a remote coral island of the Maldives, Indian Ocean

(2017) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Evolution of Complex Target SELEX to Identify Aptamers against Mammalian Cell-Surface Antigens

(2017) Prabodhika Mallikaratchy   MOLECULES

A rapid-screening approach to detect and quantify microplastics based on fluorescent tagging with Nile Red

(2017) Thomas Maes et al.   Scientific Reports

A Simple Method for Quantifying Polycarbonate and Polyethylene Terephthalate Microplastics in Environmental Samples by Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry

(2017) Lei Wang et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Analysis of environmental microplastics by vibrational microspectroscopy: FTIR, Raman or both?

(2016) Andrea Käppler et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastic in Aquatic Ecosystems

(2016) Natalia P. Ivleva et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Flow cytometry: basic principles and applications

(2016) Aysun Adan et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Factors influencing the detection of beach plastic debris

(2016) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

(2016) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Identification and quantification of microplastics using Nile Red staining

(2016) Won Joon Shim et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Determination of microplastic polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) in environmental samples using thermal analysis (TGA-DSC)

(2016) Marius Majewsky et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Marine plastic litter: the unanalyzed nano-fraction

(2016) Julien Gigault et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in Wastewater Using Focal Plane Array-Based Reflectance Micro-FT-IR Imaging

(2015) Alexander S. Tagg et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Intertidal Concentrations of Microplastics and Their Influence on Ammonium Cycling as Related to the Shellfish Industry

(2015) Melanie Cluzard et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Detection of Anthropogenic Particles in Fish Stomachs: An Isolation Method Adapted to Identification by Raman Spectroscopy

(2015) France Collard et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Occurrence and Distribution of Microplastics in the Sea Surface Microlayer in Jinhae Bay, South Korea

(2015) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Nucleic Acid-Based Aptamers: Applications, Development and Clinical Trials

(2015) Jagat Kanwar et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Focal plane array detector-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging for the analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

(2015) Martin G�nter Joachim L�der et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Microplastic contamination in an urban area: a case study in Greater Paris

(2015) Rachid Dris et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Occurrence of microplastics in the coastal marine environment: First observation on sediment of China

(2015) Qiongxuan Qiu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A comparison of microscopic and spectroscopic identification methods for analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

(2015) Young Kyoung Song et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Nucleic Acid Aptamers: An Emerging Tool for Biotechnology and Biomedical Sensing

(2015) Ti-Hsuan Ku et al.   SENSORS

A critical overview of the analytical approaches to the occurrence, the fate and the behavior of microplastics in the environment

(2015) Teresa Rocha-Santos et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in Arctic polar waters: the first reported values of particles in surface and sub-surface samples

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments

(2014) Rowshyra A. Castañeda et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in sediments from Norderney

(2014) Jens H. Dekiff et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Aptamers from Cell-Based Selection for Bioanalytical Applications

(2013) Weihong Tan et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Morphology, spatial distribution, and concentration of flame retardants in consumer products and environmental dusts using scanning electron microscopy and Raman micro-spectroscopy

(2013) Jeff Wagner et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

(2013) Marie-Theres Nuelle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic particles in sediments of Lagoon of Venice, Italy: First observations on occurrence, spatial patterns and identification

(2013) A. Vianello et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Identification of polymer types and additives in marine microplastic particles using pyrolysis-GC/MS and scanning electron microscopy

(2013) Elke Fries et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

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

(2012) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uptake and Effects of Microplastics on Cells and Tissue of the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis L. after an Experimental Exposure

(2012) Nadia von Moos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Mass Spectrometry of Synthetic Polymers

(2010) Steffen M. Weidner et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Aptamers Generated from Cell-SELEX for Molecular Medicine: A Chemical Biology Approach

(2009) Xiaohong Fang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Direct Optical Detection of Aptamer Conformational Changes Induced by Target Molecules

(2009) Oara Neumann et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Excited state dynamics of Nile Red in polymers

(2009) Ah-Young Jee et al.   CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS

A high throughput Nile red method for quantitative measurement of neutral lipids in microalgae

(2009) Wei Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Complex Target SELEX

(2008) Steven M. Shamah et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Recent Progress in Nucleic Acid Aptamer-Based Biosensors and Bioassays

(2008) Wendy Mok et al.   SENSORS