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  • Selective Fluorescence Staining of Microplastic in Water Utilizing Nile Red/surfactant Combination

  • Se Bin Oh, Doo Hong Park, and Sung Chul Hong†

  • Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea

  • Nile red/계면활성제 조합을 이용한 미세플라스틱의 수계 내 선택적 형광 염색

  • 오세빈 · 박두홍 · 홍성철†

  • 세종대학교 나노신소재공학과

  • Reproduction, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form of any part of this publication is permitted only by written permission from the Polymer Society of Korea.

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This Article

  • 2022; 46(6): 827-836

    Published online Nov 25, 2022

  • 10.7317/pk.2022.46.6.827
  • Received on Aug 9, 2022
  • Revised on Sep 6, 2022
  • Accepted on Sep 27, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Sung Chul Hong

  • Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea

  • E-mail: sunghong@sejong.ac.kr