Micro-& Nanoplastics: Current Issues

Use our Literature Champ to answer the following questions:

1. What are nanoplastics, the next big challenge?

2. Is there any method to remove microplastics from drinking water?

3. What are the standard sampling, processing and identification procedures for micro- and nanoplastics in water and sediments?

4. Which methods are suitable to detect polymer types (PET, PE, PS, PEST, PVC, POM, P, TPU, PEVA, PA, PC) in micro- and nanoplastics?

5. How can micro- and nanoplastics be extracted from animal tissue?

6. Is there a correlation between micro- and nanoplastics concentrations in water and sediment samples?

7. What are the impacts of micro- and nanoplastics on aquatic biota and ecosystems?

8. Is there any potential health impact of micro- and nanoplastics in the human food production chain?

9. What are the current research trends and perspectives in the field of micro- and nanoplastics?

10. Which analytical methods are suitable for monitoring micro- and nanoplastics?

11. Which Raman micro-spectroscopy method is best for morphological and chemical characterization of micro- and nanoplastic particles?

12. Which is better for analysis of environmental microplastics by vibrational microspectroscopy: FTIR, Raman or both?

13. When does the transition from primary to secondary microplastic particles occur? 

14. What are the particle effects of micro- and nanoplastics on organisms, and at what thresholds? 

15. Is it possible to detect nanoplastics with asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation (AF4) coupled to multi-angle light scattering (MALS)?