Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32708367›Full record

ArticlePolymers2020

Engineering Graphene Oxide/Water Interface from First Principles to Experiments for Electrostatic Protective Composites.

Luca Valentini, Silvia Bittolo Bon, Giacomo Giorgi

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luca ValentiniDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Strada di Pentima 4, 05100 Terni, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6803-5889
Silvia Bittolo BonDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Strada di Pentima 4, 05100 Terni, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1546-5826
Giacomo GiorgiDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125, Perugia, & CNR-SCITEC, I-06123 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4892-7908
University of Perugia · IT

Funding

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca 2017FWC3WC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From the global spread of COVID-19 we learned that SARS-CoV-2 virus can be transmitted via respiratory liquid droplets. In this study, we performed first-principles calculations suggesting that water molecules once in contact with the graphene oxide (GO) layer interact with its functional groups, therefore, developing an electric field induced by the heterostructure formation. Experiments on GO polymer composite film supports the theoretical findings, showing that the interaction with water aerosol generates a voltage output signal of up to -2 V. We then developed an electrostatic composite fiber by the coagulation method mixing GO with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). These findings could be used to design protective fabrics with antiviral activity against negatively charged spike proteins of airborne viruses.

Indexed as

composite fiberselectrical propertiesgraphene oxidemechanical propertieswater interface

Identifiers

PMID32708367
PMCPMC7407558
OpenAlexW3042396172

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