Comparison of different methods for MP detection: What can we learn from them, and why asking the right question before measurements matters?

In recent years, an increasing trend towards investigating and monitoring the contamination of the environment by microplastics (MP) (plastic pieces 

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Environmental Monitoring - methods
FTIR imaging
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Microplastics
Plastics - analysis
Raman imaging
SEC
Soil
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