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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2024

Nanoplastics in Water: Artificial Intelligence-Assisted 4D Physicochemical Characterization and Rapid In Situ Detection.

Zi Wang, Devendra Pal, Abolghasem Pilechi, Parisa A Ariya

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Zi WangDepartment of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9966-2968
Devendra PalDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B9,Canada.
Abolghasem PilechiNational Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada.
Parisa A AriyaDepartment of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5269-5017

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the first time, we present a much-needed technology for the in situ and real-time detection of nanoplastics in aquatic systems. We show an artificial intelligence-assisted nanodigital in-line holographic microscopy (AI-assisted nano-DIHM) that automatically classifies nano- and microplastics simultaneously from nonplastic particles within milliseconds in stationary and dynamic natural waters, without sample preparation. AI-assisted nano-DIHM identifies 2 and 1% of waterborne particles as nano/microplastics in Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River, respectively. Nano-DIHM provides physicochemical properties of single particles or clusters of nano/microplastics, including size, shape, optical phase, perimeter, surface area, roughness, and edge gradient. It distinguishes nano/microplastics from mixtures of organics, inorganics, biological particles, and coated heterogeneous clusters. This technology allows 4D tracking and 3D structural and spatial study of waterborne nano/microplastics. Independent transmission electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, and nanoparticle tracking analysis validates nano-DIHM data. Complementary modeling demonstrates nano- and microplastics have significantly distinct distribution patterns in water, which affect their transport and fate, rendering nano-DIHM a powerful tool for accurate nano/microplastic life-cycle analysis and hotspot remediation.

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Artificial IntelligenceMicroplasticsEnvironmental MonitoringWaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalMicroplasticsWaterWater Pollutants, Chemicaldeep neural networkfour dimensionalin situlife cyclenanoplasticsphysicochemical characterizationpredictive modelreal-time

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PMCPMC11112734

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