abstract

• Analytical methods for microplastics are essential for understanding and monitoring the degradation processes of these micromaterials, with some tech niques even being able to identify them in living organisms. This chapter presents the fundamentals and applications of the main methods for the analysis of micro plastics with a focus on degradation processes in environmental samples. Optical, electron, and atomic force microscopy methods are described. Spectrometric, ther mal analysis, and chromatographic methods are also described. This wide variety of methods must be used together to obtain an integral qualitative and quantitative characterization. Hybrid techniques are of great interest as they show the best per formance. Research on analytical methods for microplastics is still an area of oppor tunity, as there are still many practical limitations. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

authors

• Reyes Domínguez Iván Alejandro

publication date

• 2024-01-01

published in

• Advanced Strategies for Biodegradation of Plastic Polymers  Book

keywords

• Analytical methods; Chromatographic methods; Microscopy; Plastic biodegradation; Spectrometry; Thermal analysis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/978-3-031-55661-6_7

PubMed ID

start page

• 165

end page

• 192

volume

issue