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Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Atmosphere: Methodology for Microplastics Size-Fractionation Sampling

Logvina, Yuliya, Matas, Isabel M., Ribeiro, Helena, Pinto da Silva, Luís, Rodrigues, Pedro, Leitão, João, da Silva, Joaquim Esteves·2024·Microplastics

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Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are an important atmospheric aerosol constituent. However, there still needs to be a standard procedure for their sampling and size fractionation, which is an obstacle to the aggregation and critical analysis of results obtained by different research groups. This review focuses on the sampling and fractionation methodologies used for MNPs. Moreover, a streamlined, simplified methodology for sampling and fractionation is proposed.

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Authors
Logvina, Y., Matas, I. M., Ribeiro, H., Pinto da Silva, L., Rodrigues, P., Leitão, J., & da Silva, J. E.
Venue
Microplastics
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2024-02-08
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
82-97
ISSN
2673-8929
Cited by
19
References
11
Language
en
Funders
  • “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (PTDC/QUI-QFI/2870/2020, UIDB/00081/2020, UIDP/00081/2020, LA/P/0056/2020, 2022.14123.BD, CEECINST/00069/2021)
  • R&D Unit CIQUP (PTDC/QUI-QFI/2870/2020, UIDB/00081/2020, UIDP/00081/2020, LA/P/0056/2020, 2022.14123.BD, CEECINST/00069/2021)
  • Associated Laboratory IMS (PTDC/QUI-QFI/2870/2020, UIDB/00081/2020, UIDP/00081/2020, LA/P/0056/2020, 2022.14123.BD, CEECINST/00069/2021)
  • FCT (PTDC/QUI-QFI/2870/2020, UIDB/00081/2020, UIDP/00081/2020, LA/P/0056/2020, 2022.14123.BD, CEECINST/00069/2021)

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