New solution for capturing microplastics before they enter waterways
Press release 20 April, 2020
A thousand litres of seawater can contain up to 8.3 million particles of microplastics. Until now, identifying these very small particles has been difficult – usually they are only detected once they have accumulated in the bodies of fish. A method developed at VTT utilises nanocellulose structures for early particle identification. Nanocellulose would allow particles to be captured even before they enter waterways.The properties of nanocellulose films and hydrogels support the identification and capture of very small microplastic particles.
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