Impact of COVID-19 on the social, economic, environmental and energy domains: Lessons learnt from a global pandemic

M Mofijur, IMR Fattah, MA Alam, ABMS Islam… - Sustainable production …, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has heightened human suffering, undermined the economy, turned the lives of
billions of people around the globe upside down, and significantly affected the health …

Applications of electrospinning in human health: From detection, protection, regulation to reconstruction

Y Si, S Shi, J Hu - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is a mature and efficient method to produce nanofiber materials with
different dimensions and morphologies. In the context of increasingly prominent human …

Face mask waste generation and management during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview and the Peruvian case

FG Torres, GE De-la-Torre - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has driven massive consumption of personal protective
equipment (PPE) worldwide. Single-use face masks are one of the most used PPE to …

Surface wettability for skin‐interfaced sensors and devices

X Wang, Y Liu, H Cheng… - Advanced functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The practical applications of skin‐interfaced sensors and devices in daily life hinge on the
rational design of surface wettability to maintain device integrity and achieve improved …

Protective face masks: current status and future trends

A Tuñón-Molina, K Takayama… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Management of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has relied in part on the use of personal protective equipment …

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 …

Detecting COVID-19 from breath: a game changer for a big challenge

G Giovannini, H Haick, D Garoli - ACS sensors, 2021 - ACS Publications
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is probably the most commonly heard word of the
last 12 months. The outbreak of this virus (SARS-CoV-2) is strongly compromising …

Face masks to combat coronavirus (covid-19)—processing, roles, requirements, efficacy, risk and Sustainability

MZ Rahman, ME Hoque, MR Alam, MA Rouf, SI Khan… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Increasingly prevalent respiratory infectious diseases (eg, COVID-19) have posed severe
threats to public health. Viruses including coronavirus, influenza, and so on can cause …

A review of disposable facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic: a focus on microplastics release

H Jiang, D Luo, L Wang, Y Zhang, H Wang, C Wang - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 epidemic seriously threats the human society and provokes the panic of the
public. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are widely utilized for frontline health workers …