Classification Of Environmental Micro-Fibres Using Stimulated Raman Microspectroscopy
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PresentationKAUST Department
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaBiological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division
Bioscience Program
Beacon Development Department
Office of the VP, KAUST Innovation
Marine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC)
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
Date
2023-06-26Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/694225
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The mass usage of plastic materials in daily life has exponentially increased the amount of plastic waste in the environment. Various environmental factors degrade bigger plastic debris into smaller microplastic particles (less than 5 mm in size). Those particles have been detected in every possible environment, from oceans to fresh bottled water, from deserts to agricultural soils, food and air, and human blood. Due to its long degradation time and high surface-to-value ratio, microplastic can become an efficient vehicle for various pollutants that can accumulate in time. Therefore, accumulation in the human tissue will likely have a negative long-term effect. Microfibers are considered the most abundant microparticle type in the environment - their size (small, often < 15 μm in diameter, and relatively long length) and light weight allow easy and fast distribution even using aerial pathways.Citation
Laptenok, S., Genchi, L., Martin, C., Baalkhuyur, F. M., Duarte, C. M., & Liberale, C. (2023). Classification Of Environmental Micro-Fibres Using Stimulated Raman Microspectroscopy. 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec57999.2023.10232603Publisher
IEEEConference/Event name
2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)Additional Links
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10232603/ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec57999.2023.10232603