Micro- and Nanoplastics
EMILIE offers for the first time a tool suitable for the routine monitoring of nanoplastics.

Collection of nanoplastics in air and acqueous samples
Airborne nanoplastics can be collected directly from ambiant air using the aerosol flow adapter while liquid samples can be dropcasted directly on the EMILIE nanomechanical sampling and sensing chip.
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Chemical characterization of nanoplastics by NEMS-FTIR
After sample collection, the EMILIE nanomechanical sampling and sensing chip is transfered directly to the EMILIE infrared analyzer for NEMS-FTIR analysis. Sensitivity is increased by 4-orders of magnitude compared to filter-based transmission FTIR.
EMILIE compared to the state of the art in nanoplastics characterization
1000x
more sensitive than PTFE filter-based transmission spectroscopy
100x
Shorter sampling times compared to filter-based techniques
4x
Complementary orthogonal techniques for further analysis: RAMAN spectroscopy, SEM/EDX, O-PTIR, and LDIR
1x
order of magnitude more sensitive than pyrolysis – gas chromatography (PY-GC-MS)
EMILIE
The first nanoelectromechanical analyzer for nanoplastics
Characterize nanoplastics and oligomers with picogram sensitivity and no size limitation!
