Building an open environmental MP detection platform.
OpenMNP is not intended to replace expert judgment. It is designed to make the identification process easier to inspect, repeat, and improve, especially when spectra come from aged or environmentally transformed microplastics.
Researchers should be able to test identification workflows without relying only on expensive closed software or undocumented matching rules.
Preprocessing, spectral regions, similarity thresholds, and reporting choices should be explicit enough for other users to evaluate and reproduce.
Detection outputs become more useful when laboratories can compare results under shared assumptions, size classes, and quality criteria.
Raman spectrum upload, preprocessing, polymer matching, result saving, and identification using the completed thermal-aging spectral library.
New spectral libraries for other aging pathways, broader validation across sample types, and expansion toward infrared spectral identification.
An open microplastic detection exchange platform that promotes transparent development and moves the field toward standardized identification workflows.
