@article{Talukder_M-2022_58491,
title = {New generation washable PES membrane face mask for virus filtration},
author = {Talukder, M. and Alam, F. and Pervez, M. and Jiangming, W. and Hassan, F. and Stylios, G. and Naddeo, V. and Song, H.},
month = {jan},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Membrane materials might be used for face protection because they can decontaminate the inhaled air from particle pollution and viruses like the SARS-Cov0-2 which damages our respiration system. In this study, plyethersulfone membranes (PES) were synthesized with green solvent at room temperature and its filtration effectiveness was investigated against nano-bacteria (size 0.05 to 0.2 µm) by measuring their Bacterial Filtration Efficiency (BFE) and micro aerosol size (0.3 µm), and Particulate Filtration Efficiency (PFE). The average SARS-CoV-2 diameters are between 50 nm to 160 nm. A series of experiments were performed to accomplish between 0.03 to 0.21 µm PES sponge like diameters so that can be used for SARS-CoV-2 filtration. Results showed that nanofiltration/ultrafiltration could filter 99.9% of bacteria and aerosol from contaminated air the size of the Covid-19 molecule.},
pages = {13-23},
volume = {8},
issue = {1},
journal = {Nanocomposites},
publisher = {Taylor and Francis},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/20550324.2021.2008209},
}
