High-performance multifunctional electrospun fibrous air filter for personal protection: A review

Z Shao, H Chen, Q Wang, G Kang, X Wang, W Li… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasingly serious air pollution and the rampant coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID–19), preparing high–performance air filter to achieve the effective personal …

Biodegradable and multifunctional surgical face masks: A brief review on demands during COVID-19 pandemic, recent developments, and future perspectives

V Babaahmadi, H Amid, M Naeimirad… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Providing the greater public with the current coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines is time-
consuming and research-intensive; intermediately, some essential ways to reduce the …

Self-charging electrostatic face masks leveraging triboelectrification for prolonged air filtration

Z Peng, J Shi, X Xiao, Y Hong, X Li, W Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electrostatic adsorption is an important complement to the mechanical filtration for high-
efficiency air filtering. However, the electrostatic charge decays with time, especially in …

Used disposable face masks are significant sources of microplastics to environment

X Chen, X Chen, Q Liu, Q Zhao, X Xiong, C Wu - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
The consumption of disposable face masks increases greatly because of the outbreak of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Inappropriate disposal of wasted face masks has already caused the …

Functionalized masks: powerful materials against COVID‐19 and future pandemics

F Seidi, C Deng, Y Zhong, Y Liu, Y Huang, C Li, H Xiao - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The outbreak of COVID‐19 revealed the vulnerability of commercially available face masks.
Without having antibacterial/antiviral activities, the current masks act only as filtering …

Piezoelectric nanofiber membrane for reusable, stable, and highly functional face mask filter with long‐term biodegradability

TT Le, EJ Curry, T Vinikoor, R Das, Y Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic and airborne particulate matter (PM)
pollution has led to remarkably high demand for face masks. However, conventional …

Functional textile materials for blocking COVID-19 transmission

J Fu, T Liu, SS Binte Touhid, F Fu, X Liu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
The outbreak of COVID-19 provided a warning sign for society worldwide: that is, we
urgently need to explore effective strategies for combating unpredictable viral pandemics …

[HTML][HTML] The face behind the Covid-19 mask—A comprehensive review

M Ganesapillai, B Mondal, I Sarkar, A Sinha… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
The threat of epidemic outbreaks like SARS-CoV-2 is growing owing to the exponential
growth of the global population and the continual increase in human mobility. Personal …

Quantifying the health benefits of face masks and respirators to mitigate exposure to severe air pollution

JK Kodros, K O'Dell, JM Samet, C L'Orange… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Familiarity with the use of face coverings to reduce the risk of respiratory disease has
increased during the coronavirus pandemic; however, recommendations for their use …

Probability of COVID-19 infection by cough of a normal person and a super-spreader

A Agrawal, R Bhardwaj - Physics of fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we estimate the probability of an infected person infecting another person in the
vicinity by coughing in the context of COVID-19. The analysis relies on the experimental data …