Microplastic Detection and Quantification
A special issue of Microplastics (ISSN 2673-8929).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2027 | Viewed by 139
Editor
Interests: hydrology; water resources; microplastics; climate change
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microplastics have emerged as pervasive environmental contaminants with significant implications for aquatic ecosystems, soil health, atmospheric transport, and food safety. Despite growing awareness, major challenges remain in the accurate detection, characterization, and quantification of microplastics across diverse environmental matrices. This Special Issue aims to bring together recent advances in analytical methods, monitoring strategies, sampling protocols, and data interpretation approaches focused on environmental microplastic research. Topics of interest include spectroscopic and imaging techniques, sensor-based detection, standardized quantification methods, environmental distribution and fate, source tracking, and ecological risk assessment. The issue seeks interdisciplinary contributions that improve the reliability, comparability, and scalability of microplastic analysis to support environmental monitoring, regulatory frameworks, and sustainable mitigation strategies.
Dr. Bangshuai Han
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microplastics
- analytical methods
- monitoring strategies
- sampling protocols
- data interpretation approaches
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