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 …

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 …

Electrospinning research and products: The road and the way forward

AM Al-Dhahebi, JK Ling, SG Krishnan… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Electrospinning is one of the most accessed nanofabrication techniques during the last three
decades, attributed to its viability for the mass production of continuous nanofibers with …

High-performance antiviral nano-systems as a shield to inhibit viral infections: SARS-CoV-2 as a model case study

MA Sadique, S Yadav, P Ranjan, S Verma… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite significant accomplishments in developing efficient rapid sensing systems and nano-
therapeutics of higher efficacy, the recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is not …

[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 …

Electrospun nanofiber-based respiratory face masks—A review

VS Naragund, PK Panda - Emergent materials, 2022 - Springer
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic of 2019 forced
widespread use of face coverings as a mandatory step towards reducing infection by the …

Catalytic upgrading of the polymeric constituents in Covid-19 masks

L Ali, MS Kuttiyathil, M Altarawneh - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
A substantial volume of various types of Covid-19 masks has been disposed of since the
start of the global pandemic. These facemasks are made of non-degradable polymeric …

Recent advances in facemask devices for in vivo sampling of human exhaled breath aerosols and inhalable environmental exposures

B Hu - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the unprecedented use of facemasks has been requiring for
wearing in daily life. By wearing facemask, human exhaled breath aerosols and inhaled …

A pandemic-induced environmental dilemma of disposable masks: solutions from the perspective of the life cycle

Z Chen, W Zhang, H Yang, K Min, J Jiang… - … Science: Processes & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has swept the world and still afflicts humans. As
an effective means of protection, wearing masks has been widely adopted by the general …

Instant Disinfecting Face Masks Utilizing Electroporation Powered by Respiration‐Driven Triboelectric Nanogenerators

MT Sim, ZY Ee, YH Lim, TS Sia… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wearing face masks is an effective non‐pharmaceutical strategy to inhibit the transmission
of airborne diseases. Nonetheless, most commercial face masks lack disinfecting …