This invention discloses a non-clogging, multi-stage microplastic particle grading and sorting device based on
centrifugal microfluidics, belonging to the field of microplastic
particle analysis technology in aquatic environments. It includes one or more analysis units arranged around the centrifugal axis of a centrifugal
microfluidic chip. Each analysis unit consists of a
digestion module and a microplastic particle size sorting and capture module. The microplastic particle size sorting and capture module includes an enhanced liquid chamber, a particle size sorting zone, a squeezing
microfluidic channel, a gradient particle size separation zone, and a waste liquid chamber. This invention utilizes the
coupling of
centrifugal force and
Coriolis force, along with an anti-angle array, to classify
microplastics of different particle size ranges. The angle between the
centrifugal force direction and the anti-angle array is greater than 90°, achieving a non-clogging effect on the array, resulting in a high microplastic
particle capture rate and small error. Furthermore,
centrifugal force is used to achieve fine sorting of
microplastics within different particle size ranges based on size, improving the problem of
small particle size sorting range for
microplastics on a
single chip. This invention also discloses a non-clogging, multi-stage microplastic particle detection method based on
centrifugal microfluidics, which can rapidly and accurately sort and detect target microplastics of different particle sizes and compositions, offering significant advantages in rapid on-site detection of microplastics.