Particle size-dependent quantitative and qualitative differences of common microplastic detection procedures: Nile Red-assisted fluorescence microscopy and confocal micro-Raman spectroscopy.

Environ Monit Assess · 2025 · PMC12279606 · PMID 40690047

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The %DIFs in MP counts per particle size between the two methods show a decreasing trend the smaller the particle size, ranging from 143% (> 25 μm) up to 4169% (> 250 μm).

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