Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Huahong Shi got his PhD degree in Jinan University, China in 2003. Now he is a full time professor of environmental sciences at East China Normal University. He is an Associate Editor of Marine Pollution Bulletin (2020-now) and an editorial board member of Journal of Hazardous Materials. He is interested in studying microplastic pollution in aquatic environments and endocrine disrupting chemicals in aquatic organisms. In recent 8 years, Huahong is focusing on microplastic and nanoplastic pollution including analytical methods, fate, toxicological effects and risks to human health. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers (about 120 in English and 30 in Chinese), including 80 papers on microplastic and nanoplastic research. He was recognized as the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) in 2020 and 2021. Chengjun Sun got her PhD degree from University of California Santa Barbara, USA, in 2001. She is currently a senior research scientist in the Bioresource and Environment Research Center at the First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China. She serves as an Associate Editor for Marine Pollution Bulletin and an editorial board member of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. Dr. Sun’s research interest is in marine environment, deep sea environment and marine biomaterial. For the past 6 years, her group has worked on microplastic pollution investigation in coastal waters, open oceans and the polar regions with a focus on microplastic sampling and identification methods in different media, including seawater, sediment, biota and air, with the goal of understanding the microplastic pollution level in the world oceans and assessing their potential impact. So far, she has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, including 20 papers on microplastic.

Part One Microplastic and nanoplastic as emerging contaminants
1. Plastic pollution problem
2. Definition and features of micropalstics and nanoplastics
3. Overview of analysis of microplastics and nanoplastics
4. Aims of the analysis and the choices of analytical methods

Part Two Analysis of microplastics
6. Sample collection and pre-treatment
7. Separation and purification of microplastics from the samples
8. Observation and visual identification of microplastics
9. Identification of microplastics using spectroscopic methods
10. Identification of microplastics using GC-MS methods
11. Application of artificial intelligence in the analysis of microplastics
12. Other methods and technology used in the analysis of microplastics
13. Calculation and presentation of the analysis results of microplastics
14. The relation and consistency of nanoplastic analysis to microplastic analysis
15. Separation and enrichment of nanoplastics from the samples
16. Observation and physical characterization of nanoparticles
17. Identification of nanoplastics
18. Quantification and presentation of the analysis results of nanoplastics
19. The harmonization and comparison of previous data from different methods
20. The harmonization of monitoring methods for microplastics in the future
21. The challenges and perspectives of nanoplastics analysis
22. The international digital platform for analysis of microplastics and nanoplastics