Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis

Microplastics (MP) are ubiquitous within the environment, but the approaches to analysis of this contaminant are currently quite diverse, with a number of analytical methods available. The comparability of results is hindered as even for a single analytical method such as Fourier transform infrared...

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Autores principales: Primpke, Sebastian, Cross, Richard K., Mintenig, Svenja M., Simon, Marta, Vianello, Alvise, Gerdts, Gunnar, Vollertsen, Jes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Special Issue: Microplastics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7604885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32193948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003702820917760
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author Primpke, Sebastian
Cross, Richard K.
Mintenig, Svenja M.
Simon, Marta
Vianello, Alvise
Gerdts, Gunnar
Vollertsen, Jes
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Mintenig, Svenja M.
Simon, Marta
Vianello, Alvise
Gerdts, Gunnar
Vollertsen, Jes
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description Microplastics (MP) are ubiquitous within the environment, but the approaches to analysis of this contaminant are currently quite diverse, with a number of analytical methods available. The comparability of results is hindered as even for a single analytical method such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) the different instruments currently available do not allow a harmonized analysis. To overcome this limitation, a new free of charge software tool, allowing the systematic identification of MP in the environment (siMPle) was developed. This software tool allows a rapid and harmonized analysis of MP across FT-IR systems from different manufacturers (Bruker Hyperion 3000, Agilent Cary 620/670, PerkinElmer Spotlight 400, and Thermo Fischer Scientific Nicolet iN10). Using the same database and the automated analysis pipeline in siMPle, MP were identified in samples that were analyzed with instruments with different detector systems as well as optical resolutions and the results discussed.
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spelling pubmed-76048852020-11-17 Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis Primpke, Sebastian Cross, Richard K. Mintenig, Svenja M. Simon, Marta Vianello, Alvise Gerdts, Gunnar Vollertsen, Jes Appl Spectrosc Special Issue: Microplastics Microplastics (MP) are ubiquitous within the environment, but the approaches to analysis of this contaminant are currently quite diverse, with a number of analytical methods available. The comparability of results is hindered as even for a single analytical method such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) the different instruments currently available do not allow a harmonized analysis. To overcome this limitation, a new free of charge software tool, allowing the systematic identification of MP in the environment (siMPle) was developed. This software tool allows a rapid and harmonized analysis of MP across FT-IR systems from different manufacturers (Bruker Hyperion 3000, Agilent Cary 620/670, PerkinElmer Spotlight 400, and Thermo Fischer Scientific Nicolet iN10). Using the same database and the automated analysis pipeline in siMPle, MP were identified in samples that were analyzed with instruments with different detector systems as well as optical resolutions and the results discussed. SAGE Publications 2020-09-21 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7604885/ /pubmed/32193948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003702820917760 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Special Issue: Microplastics
Primpke, Sebastian
Cross, Richard K.
Mintenig, Svenja M.
Simon, Marta
Vianello, Alvise
Gerdts, Gunnar
Vollertsen, Jes
Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis
title Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis
title_full Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis
title_fullStr Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis
title_short Toward the Systematic Identification of Microplastics in the Environment: Evaluation of a New Independent Software Tool (siMPle) for Spectroscopic Analysis
title_sort toward the systematic identification of microplastics in the environment: evaluation of a new independent software tool (simple) for spectroscopic analysis
topic Special Issue: Microplastics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7604885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32193948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003702820917760
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