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Probing Individual Particles in Aquatic Suspensions by Simultaneously Measuring Polarized Light Scattering and Fluorescence

Suspended particles play a significant role in aquatic systems. However, existing methods to probe suspended particles have several limitations. In this paper, we present a portable prototype to in situ probe individual particles in aquatic suspensions by simultaneously measuring polarized light sca...

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Autores principales: Xiong, Zhihang, Wang, Hongjian, Li, Jiajin, Liao, Ran, Mai, Haoji, Guan, Caizhong, Guo, Zhiming, Yang, Shangpan, Chen, Yan, Liu, Biwang, Liu, Tong, Li, Hongyi, Ding, Wenzheng, Zeng, Yaguang, Ma, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8616012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34821632
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios11110416
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Sumario:Suspended particles play a significant role in aquatic systems. However, existing methods to probe suspended particles have several limitations. In this paper, we present a portable prototype to in situ probe individual particles in aquatic suspensions by simultaneously measuring polarized light scattering and fluorescence, aiming to obtain an effective classification of microplastics and microalgae. Results show that the obtained classification accuracy is significantly higher than that for either of these two methods. The setup also successfully measures submicron particles and discriminates two species of Synechococcus. Our study demonstrates the feasibility of simultaneously measuring polarized light scattering and fluorescence, and the promising capability of our method for further aquatic environmental monitoring.