TY - JOUR
AU - Talukder, Md. Eman
AU - Alam, Fariya
AU - Pervez, Md. Nahid
AU - Jiangming, Wang
AU - Hassan, Fahim
AU - Stylios, George K.
AU - Naddeo, Vincenzo
AU - Song, Hongchen
PY - 2022
DA - January
TI - New generation washable PES membrane face mask for virus filtration
JO - Nanocomposites
EP - 23
VL - 8
IS - 1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/20550324.2021.2008209
AB - 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.
PB - Taylor and Francis
UR - https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publications/2ad38ce1-44b4-4b72-a362-1979666ad944
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER