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5 October 2023 Investigation of optical properties of microplastics
Noorulhoda Kazemi, Mimi Truong, Viktor Nascak, Anna Bezryadina
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Proceedings Volume PC12649, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XX; PC126491I (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676412
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2023, San Diego, California, United States
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The number of microplastics in aquatic environments is increasing rapidly in recent years and making ocean microplastics one of the major environmental problems. In our research, we focus on the isolation of nature-found microplastics by collecting sand from Los Angeles beaches. Since the optical studies of nature-found microplastics are nontrivial, we generate a standard database by creating and studying different types of irregular-shaped lab-made microplastics using optical tweezer setup. The created database is used to characterize the optical properties of nature-found microplastics. We are planning to apply these results to investigate microplastic interactions with ocean microplankton at a cellular level.
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Noorulhoda Kazemi, Mimi Truong, Viktor Nascak, and Anna Bezryadina "Investigation of optical properties of microplastics", Proc. SPIE PC12649, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XX, PC126491I (5 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2676412
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KEYWORDS
Optical properties
Plastics
Polyethylene
Optical tweezers
Organisms
Sand
Ocean optics
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