[HTML][HTML] Face masks in the new COVID-19 normal: materials, testing, and perspectives

MH Chua, W Cheng, SS Goh, J Kong, B Li, JYC Lim… - Research, 2020 - spj.science.org
The increasing prevalence of infectious diseases in recent decades has posed a serious
threat to public health. Routes of transmission differ, but the respiratory droplet or airborne …

Masks for COVID‐19

W Deng, Y Sun, X Yao, K Subramanian… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable solutions on fabricating and using a face mask to block the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) spread during this coronavirus …

Genus Sophora: a comprehensive review on secondary chemical metabolites and their biological aspects from past achievements to future perspectives

HI Abd-Alla, D Souguir, MO Radwan - Archives of pharmacal research, 2021 - Springer
Sophora is deemed as one of the most remarkable genera of Fabaceae, and the third
largest family of flowering plants. The genus Sophora comprises approximately 52 species …

Herbal extract incorporated nanofiber fabricated by an electrospinning technique and its application to antimicrobial air filtration

J Choi, BJ Yang, GN Bae, JH Jung - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Recently, with the increased attention to indoor air quality, antimicrobial air filtration
techniques have been studied widely to inactivate hazardous airborne microorganisms …

Current trends in the application of nanomaterials for the removal of emerging micropollutants and pathogens from water

P Kokkinos, D Mantzavinos, D Venieri - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water resources contamination has a worldwide impact and is a cause of global concern.
The need for provision of clean water is becoming more and more demanding …

Strategies to design modified activated carbon fibers for the decontamination of water and air

A Gopinath, K Kadirvelu - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2018 - Springer
The rapid industrialization has induced the entry of organic and inorganic contaminants into
the environment at a rate greater than environmental cleaning. As a consequence …

Antimicrobial nanoparticle-coated electrostatic air filter with high filtration efficiency and low pressure drop

KM Sim, HS Park, GN Bae, JH Jung - Science of The Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we demonstrated an antimicrobial nanoparticle-coated electrostatic (ES) air
filter. Antimicrobial natural-product Sophora flavescens nanoparticles were produced using …

Activated carbon and coconut coir with the incorporation of ABR system as greywater filter: the implications for wastewater treatment

Z Sabara, A Anwar, S Yani, K Prianto, R Junaidi… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Greywater refers to wastewater generated from domestic activities, which do not contain
fecal contamination. Therefore, this study aims to treat greywater in Makassar city to speed …

A novel electrostatic precipitator-type small air purifier with a carbon fiber ionizer and an activated carbon fiber filter

M Kim, GT Lim, YJ Kim, B Han, CG Woo… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2018 - Elsevier
We developed and investigated the air cleaning performance of a novel electrostatic
precipitator (ESP)-type small air purifier with a carbon brush ionizer and an activated carbon …

Development of antituberculosis melt-blown polypropylene filters coated with mangosteen extracts for medical face mask applications

P Ekabutr, P Chuysinuan, S Suksamrarn… - Polymer Bulletin, 2019 - Springer
The aim of this article was to develop a three-layer mask, which was made of a
polypropylene filter containing mangosteen extract by spray-coating technique in order to …