Sustainable surgical masks: optimizing fine/ultrafine particle filtration using PVA/chitosan electrospun nanofibers
Gustavo Cardoso da Mata, Maria Sirlene Morais, Wanderley P. Oliveira, Mônica Lopes Aguiar
Abstract
PVA/chitosan electrospun nanofibers optimized with response surface methodology were used as substitutes for nondegradable polymeric filtering layer of surgical masks. Testing proved the nanofibers' efficacy for air filtration of ultrafine particles.
Topics & Concepts
ChitosanNanofiberFiltration (mathematics)Materials scienceChemical engineeringParticle sizeParticle (ecology)ElectrospinningComposite materialNanotechnologyPolymerMathematicsStatisticsOceanographyGeologyEngineeringInfection Control and VentilationElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsAerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation