US Edition'Optical Sieve' Detects the Smallest Pieces of Plastic in the Environment More Easily than Ever Before
Researchers developed a low-cost optical sieve using a standard microscope to detect nanoplastics as small as 200 nanometres, enabling easier environmental and biological monitoring.
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'Optical sieve' detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever before
Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments smaller than 5 millimeters.
New type of ‘sieve’ detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever before
Nanoplastic particles are captured by cavities in the optical sieve. Lukas Wesemann and Mario HentschelPlastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments smaller than 5 millimetres. But an even smaller class of fragments, nanoplastics, may pose a greater risk to our health and our env…
Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in air and mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public's attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments less than 5 millimetres. But an even smaller class of fragments, [...]
New optical sieve makes nanoplastic detection cheaper and easier
Researchers have developed a low-cost "optical sieve" that uses light and simple microscopes to detect nanoplastics as small as 200 nanometers, offering a breakthrough in monitoring plastic pollution in the environment and human health.
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