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Plastic pollution is a significant environmental issue, with microplastics (particles <5 mm) being particularly challenging to detect and quantify due to their small size. This study shows preliminary ...
Introduction The global microplastic detection market is witnessing significant expansion, propelled by increasing environmental concerns, rig ...
Natural cement found in industrial waste reacts with ocean water to form rocks in just 35 years, instead of millions.
More information: Weixiang Huang et al, Improved neural networks for the classification of microplastics via inferior quality Raman spectra, Talanta (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2025.127756 ...
A Smarter Approach to Plastic Classification Previous machine learning models focused only on the lower region of the Raman spectrum which often failed to differentiate plastics with similar chemical ...
More information: Toshihiro Somekawa et al, Remote detection and identification of plastics with hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar, Optics Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1364/OL.544096 ...
Other research groups have explored using hyperspectral Raman imaging to monitor plastic pollution. This technique combines Raman spectroscopy with imaging to capture spatially resolved chemical ...
Plastics can be polarizing because, while convenient and inexpensive, they negatively influence the environment. These materials can be found in various settings, including museums, modern medicine, ...
Scientists say literature over a 100 years old contains toxic dyes that can be harmful to people's health. The post Why old ...
Image Credit: Thermo Fisher Scientific – Portable and Handheld Raman Spectroscopy Raman analysis is non-contact through polybags, plastic or glass and can measure liquids, emulsions, gels and ...
Surrogate samples (tissue phantoms) are commonly used to replicate human tissue in medical applications. Optical tissue ...
These scripts process spectra of plastic debris, generate summary figures, and train classification algorithms to assign spectra to known materials. Raman_processing: takes raw Raman spectra and ...