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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Nanoplastic Pollution of Human Bronchoalveolar Lavage Probed Based on Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering.

Alberto Chaves, Grace Binder, Patrick Foti, Sugriva Forsyth, Eduardo Celis, Jaskaran S Sethi, Tien Dao, Dawson Dodd, Kathleen M Egan, Dmitri V Voronine

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Alberto ChavesDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Grace BinderDepartment of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.
Patrick FotiDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 336204, USA.
Sugriva ForsythDepartment of Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Eduardo CelisDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Jaskaran S SethiDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Tien DaoDepartment of Computer Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-3940-1918
Dawson DoddDepartment of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 336204, USA.
Kathleen M EganDepartment of Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Dmitri V VoronineDepartment of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA.

Funding

Epidemiologic study of microplastic pollution in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and its association with lung cancerR21CA293440 · NCI · H. LEE MOFFITT CANCER CTR & RES INST · PI EGAN, KATHLEEN M. · 2024 to 2024
$426k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA293440NIH HHS 1R21CA293440-24
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Raman spectroscopy is a commonly used label-free technique for the chemical analysis of microplastics (MPs), which are defined as plastic particles larger than 1 μm but smaller than 5 mm size; given its small signal strength and diffraction-limited spatial resolution, Raman spectroscopy has limited applicability in the study of nanoplastics (NPs), which are defined as particles smaller than 1 μm. Tip-enhanced Raman scattering (TERS) is a promising technique that can overcome these limitations by using a single plasmonic tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM) to enhance the Raman signal from a small sample volume. Here we used TERS for the analysis of NPs in human bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. We developed a sub-sampling procedure for nanoscale TERS imaging on an SiO

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Bronchoalveolar Lavage FluidMicroplasticsNanoparticlesSpectrum Analysis, RamanHumansMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMicroplasticsbronchoalveolar lavagemicroplasticsnanoplasticsRaman spectroscopyTERS

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PMID42590704
PMCPMC13468938

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