Figure 2 (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Figure 2

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Metal foam and a 1-yen coin for scale. Bottom left: SEM image of a silver foam showing macropores used to capture microplastics from solution. Bottom middle: SEM image of the nanoscale pores used to capture light and enhance the chemical signal of the microplastics.
Right: SEM image of the metal foam exposed to polystyrene beads, PET fibers, algae and soil.

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Olga Guselnikova and Joel Henzie

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