Imaging microplastics with multiphoton tomographs

Vidyalakshmi Anilkumar; Aisada König; Karsten König

doi:10.1117/12.3000160

12 March 2024 Imaging microplastics with multiphoton tomographs

Vidyalakshmi Anilkumar, Aisada König, Karsten König

Proceedings Volume 12847, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XXIV; 1284709 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000160
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Microplastic studies are crucial due to their impact on human health and the environment. However, the lack of a standardized method for microplastic identification and quantification hinders comprehensive analysis. Our research addresses these challenges by employing the advanced imaging technique Multimodal Multiphoton Tomography (MPT) including two-photon autofluorescence (AF), fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) with phasor analysis, second harmonics generation (SHG), and reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) with 50/80 MHz femtosecond laser pulses. The combined imaging approach allows also tracking of cosmetics with microplastics in-vivo in the human skin.

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Vidyalakshmi Anilkumar, Aisada König, and Karsten König "Imaging microplastics with multiphoton tomographs", Proc. SPIE 12847, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XXIV, 1284709 (12 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000160

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