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

Environmental Science Nano · 2023 · 20 citations · 91 references

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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.

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