ArticleAnalytical chemistry2026
Optical Extraction of Single Microplastics Followed by Online Molecular and Elemental Characterization.
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- Integrating Flow Imaging Analysis and Single-Particle ICP-TOFMS for Comprehensive Micro- and Nanoplastic Characterization.Analytical chemistry · 2026Article
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Abstract
The accurate characterization of microplastics (MPs) in complex matrices remains a major analytical challenge and requires advanced methods, which decipher information on size and polymer identity at single particle resolution. Single particle (SP) inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has emerged as an element-selective method to detect individual particles in a one-by-one fashion and can be used to detect and characterize MPs regarding carbon mass and particle sizes. However, this technique has two relevant shortcomings. First, its ability to pinpoint small MPs requires a low dissolved C-background. Second, SP ICP-MS neither distinguishes different MP polymer species from each other nor from other C-particulates (e.g., cells, black carbon). As such, the application of SP ICP-MS is significantly limited when targeting MPs in complex matrices without
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