Analytical challenges in detecting microplastics and nanoplastics in soil-plant systems

Material-specific binding peptides empower sustainable innovations in plant health, biocatalysis, medicine and microplastic quantification

“…Additionally, these methods are not sufficiently sensitive or cannot distinguish between plastic particles and natural inorganic particles. 679–682 Toxic effects of nanoplastic particles in animal experiments are reported in respect to brain inflammations, but are not well substantiated; 683–686 accumulation of microplastic particles in freshwater mussel tissues are reported without detecting acute toxic effects. 687 Nevertheless, high-throughput analytics to routinely monitor NP/MPs concentrations in wastewater treatment plants, drinking and ground water, as well as to monitor the accumulation in organisms that act as “accumulation biomarkers” ( e.g.…”

Micro and nano plastics in fruits and vegetables: A review

“…Although currently there are a number of methods for the identification and characterization of MP, their counting is still challenging. In the literature, a variety of microscopic and spectroscopic techniques are being used to identify and characterize MPs in terms of colors, shapes, sizes, types, and spectral characteristics [ 6 , 37 ]. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM), and Confocal Raman Microscopy (CRM) are the most used microscopic techniques, whereas Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy is the most used spectroscopic technique [ 38 ].…”