The OM-SERS system involves using a laser to heat up nanoparticles of gold. Nanoplastics suspended in solution flock to the gold, allowing them to be counted and analyzed. (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

The OM-SERS system involves using a laser to heat up nanoparticles of gold. Nanoplastics suspended in solution flock to the gold, allowing them to be counted and analyzed.

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The OM-SERS system involves using a laser to heat up nanoparticles of gold. Nanoplastics suspended in solution flock to the gold, allowing them to be counted and analyzed.

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