Microplastics Virtual Forum

July 27, 2021

Date: 29th July 2021
Time: 02.00pm-02.50pm (Malaysia Time)

Virtual Forum Overview:

Microplastics have been found in our oceans, drinking water, and food supply brought about by pollution and manufacturing practices. These particulates can be smaller than the eye can see, and their impact on our environment and our health need to be studied.

Hear from experts as they review sample preparation methods used for various samples from different research groups, and discuss advantages and limitations of analytical solutions such as FTIR microscopy, Raman microscopy and Py-GC-MS, for microplastics analysis.

Connect with our speakers in a live Q&A session after the presentations - a great opportunity to have your burning questions answered directly from our experts in microplastics analysis.

Agenda & Speakers' Information:

Overview of Sample Preparation for Microplastics Studies

Speaker: Dr. Wang Rui

Nowadays, microplastics are found almost everywhere and inside everything. There are vast research works on the different types of samples, such as water, air, soil, food, biota, etc. For any of the studies, before we could identify the microplastics types and quantify the amount, we need to extract microplastics from the samples. Sample preparation workflow is crucial to the accuracy of the analytical results regardless of which analytical technique is used.

In this presentation, we will review the sample preparation methods used for various samples from different research groups.

Molecular Spectroscopy Solution in Microplastic Research

Speaker: Ms Joe Set

An explanation of the advantages and limitations are for spectroscopy-based analytical methods will be discussed. Specifically, micro spectroscopy techniques (Raman and FTIR microscopy), as well as attenuated total reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy, provide options for identifying unknown particles by characterizing their composition, size, and quantity. Resources are available to help make decisions on which system is best for a given application and budget.

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