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SUBMITTER: Maes T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5353725 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maes Thomas T Jessop Rebecca R Wellner Nikolaus N Haupt Karsten K Mayes Andrew G AG
Scientific reports 20170316
A new approach is presented for analysis of microplastics in environmental samples, based on selective fluorescent staining using Nile Red (NR), followed by density-based extraction and filtration. The dye adsorbs onto plastic surfaces and renders them fluorescent when irradiated with blue light. Fluorescence emission is detected using simple photography through an orange filter. Image-analysis allows fluorescent particles to be identified and counted. Magnified images can be recorded and tiled ...[more]