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Raman optical tweezers for microplastic pollution identification in the surface waters of Okinawa

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Kotsifaki, DG; Ripken, C; Nic Chormaic, S
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
January 1, 2021

Marine plastic debris is a widely recognized environmental issue. By employing an optical micro-Raman tweezers setup, we have identified the composition of particles trapped in marine aggregates collected from the coastal surface waters around the subtropical island of Okinawa, Japan. This chemical identification of small microplas- tics at the single-particle level contributes to extending our knowledge of plastic pollution in the ocean around a Blue Zone region.

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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1996-756X

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0277-786X

Publication Date

January 1, 2021

Volume

11798

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
 

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Kotsifaki, D. G., Ripken, C., & Nic Chormaic, S. (2021). Raman optical tweezers for microplastic pollution identification in the surface waters of Okinawa. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (Vol. 11798). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593672
Kotsifaki, D. G., C. Ripken, and S. Nic Chormaic. “Raman optical tweezers for microplastic pollution identification in the surface waters of Okinawa.” In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 11798, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593672.
Kotsifaki DG, Ripken C, Nic Chormaic S. Raman optical tweezers for microplastic pollution identification in the surface waters of Okinawa. In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2021.
Kotsifaki, D. G., et al. “Raman optical tweezers for microplastic pollution identification in the surface waters of Okinawa.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11798, 2021. Scopus, doi:10.1117/12.2593672.
Kotsifaki DG, Ripken C, Nic Chormaic S. Raman optical tweezers for microplastic pollution identification in the surface waters of Okinawa. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2021.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

EISSN

1996-756X

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

January 1, 2021

Volume

11798

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering