{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Xiao M"],"funding":["Nanjing Institute of Technology","NIEHS NIH HHS","Foundation for the National Institutes of Health","National Institutes of Health","Herbert W Hoover Foundation","National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry","NIGMS NIH HHS","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["138322"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12396735"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["493"],"pubmed_abstract":["Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are pervasive pollutants and their analyses by traditional mass spectrometric methods require time-intensive sample preparation (e.g., extraction, digestion, and separation). This study presents a rapid and novel method for detecting MPs and NPs using flame ionization mass spectrometry (FI-MS) in which a dried sample (e.g., powder, soil and tissue) is directly burnt or heated with a flame in front of the MS inlet. FI-MS enables decomposition and ionization of various plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polystyrene (PS), allowing for analysis to be completed as fast as 10 seconds per sample. As a demonstration of application of this technique, PET contaminants in 1 L of bottled water or in 0.65 L of apple juice contained in plasti"],"journal":["Journal of hazardous materials"],"pubmed_title":["Rapid detection of microplastics and nanoplastics in seconds by mass spectrometry."],"pmcid":["PMC12396735"],"funding_grant_id":["CHE-2203284","R21 GM148874","R01 ES031285","T32 ES007148","P30 ES005022","R21GM148874-01"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu J","Xiao M","Yang Y","Stapleton PA","Alahmadi H","Moreno GM","Harbolic A","Yu T","Warner GR","Chen H","Guo A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Rapid detection of microplastics and nanoplastics in seconds by mass spectrometry.","description":"Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are pervasive pollutants and their analyses by traditional mass spectrometric methods require time-intensive sample preparation (e.g., extraction, digestion, and separation). This study presents a rapid and novel method for detecting MPs and NPs using flame ionization mass spectrometry (FI-MS) in which a dried sample (e.g., powder, soil and tissue) is directly burnt or heated with a flame in front of the MS inlet. FI-MS enables decomposition and ionization of various plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polystyrene (PS), allowing for analysis to be completed as fast as 10 seconds per sample. As a demonstration of application of this technique, PET contaminants in 1 L of bottled water or in 0.65 L of apple juice contained in plasti","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Aug","modification":"2026-05-28T04:12:18.455Z","creation":"2026-04-08T02:14:48.856Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12396735","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40253782"],"doi":["10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138322"]}}