A critical review of microplastics characterisation in aquatic environments: recent trends in the last 10 years.
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Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications
2025
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| author | Fernandes, Rita Martins, Roberto Marques, Carlos |
| author_facet | Fernandes, Rita Martins, Roberto Marques, Carlos Fernandes, Rita Martins, Roberto Marques, Carlos |
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| contents | A critical review of microplastics characterisation in aquatic environments: recent trends in the last 10 years. Fernandes, Rita Martins, Roberto Marques, Carlos Anthropogenic activities have introduced various contaminants into freshwater and marine ecosystems. Microplastics (MPs) are persistent and ubiquitous contaminants threatening natural ecosystems and impairing organisms at different biological levels of organization. Their durability and degradation rate pose a great concern in the scientific community, and thus, several techniques have been used to detect MPs effectively. The present study critically reviews the most commonly used techniques (FTIR, Raman, and fluorescence) and others considered novel regarding MP detection and characterisation, namely LIBS. Despite the effectiveness of such methodologies, none are free from drawbacks. The scientific community must join efforts to create, for example, innovative real-time (bio)sensing methodologies for MPs to overcome this gap. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | A critical review of microplastics characterisation in aquatic environments: recent trends in the last 10 years. Fernandes, Rita Martins, Roberto Marques, Carlos A critical review of microplastics characterisation in aquatic environments: recent trends in the last 10 years. Fernandes, Rita Martins, Roberto Marques, Carlos Anthropogenic activities have introduced various contaminants into freshwater and marine ecosystems. Microplastics (MPs) are persistent and ubiquitous contaminants threatening natural ecosystems and impairing organisms at different biological levels of organization. Their durability and degradation rate pose a great concern in the scientific community, and thus, several techniques have been used to detect MPs effectively. The present study critically reviews the most commonly used techniques (FTIR, Raman, and fluorescence) and others considered novel regarding MP detection and characterisation, namely LIBS. Despite the effectiveness of such methodologies, none are free from drawbacks. The scientific community must join efforts to create, for example, innovative real-time (bio)sensing methodologies for MPs to overcome this gap. |
| title | A critical review of microplastics characterisation in aquatic environments: recent trends in the last 10 years. |
| url | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39749818/ |