Infrared Spectroscopy

This article highlights the adverse impact of microplastics (MPs) on our environment, detection methods for MPs and the challenges in the detection of MPs.

Once heralded as a wonder material, plastics have become a problem issue for society, in particular microplastics. Download this infographic to learn what microplastics are and where they come from, what harm they do and how we can detect them.

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is a hugely popular technique today. In this article, we consider, what it is, how it works, how to interpret the data and its many applications.

Microplastic ocean pollution is gradually receiving more attention but there is still so much that we don’t know. eXXpedition, a not-for-profit all-female team, are hoping to address some of these questions. We caught up with two of the expedition crew that are sailing around the world, investigating plastic pollution, gathering samples for scientific analysis and helping to educate people.