ReviewPhysics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994)2020
The perspective of fluid flow behavior of respiratory droplets and aerosols through the facemasks in context of SARS-CoV-2.
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27 citing papers in PubMed.
- Challenges of face identification with varied mask coverage in the post COVID-19 era.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effect of mask coverage on face identification in Taiwanese men and women.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Multiscale landscaping of droplet wettability on fibrous layers of facial masks.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Analysis of airborne sputum droplets flow dynamic behaviors under different ambient conditions and aerosol size effects.Chemosphere · 2022Article
- Ocular Surface Changes Associated with Face Masks in Healthcare Personnel during COVID-19 Pandemic.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The effect of relative air humidity on the evaporation timescales of a human sneeze.AIP advances · 2022Article
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- COVID-19: A pluralistic and integrated approach for efficient management of the pandemic.World journal of virology · 2022Review
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- Aerosol capture and coronavirus spike protein deactivation by enzyme functionalized antiviral membranes.Communications materials · 2022Article
- Evaporation flow characteristics of airborne sputum droplets with solid fraction: Effects of humidity field evolutions.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
- What We Are Learning from COVID-19 for Respiratory Protection: Contemporary and Emerging Issues.Polymers · 2021Review
- Multi-population analysis of the Cuban SARS-CoV-2 epidemic transmission before and during the vaccination process.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
- Airborne virus transmission via respiratory droplets: Effects of droplet evaporation and sedimentation.Current opinion in colloid & interface science · 2021Review
- Effects of surface charge and environmental factors on the electrostatic interaction of fiber with virus-like particle: A case of coronavirus.AIP advances · 2021Article
- Triple-target stimuli-responsive anti-COVID-19 face mask with physiological virus-inactivating agents.Biomaterials science · 2021Article
- Visualization of the interaction of water aerosol and nanofiber mesh.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
- An opinion on the multiscale nature of Covid-19 type disease spread.Current opinion in colloid & interface science · 2021Review
- Respiratory droplets interception in fibrous porous media.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
- How coronavirus survives for hours in aerosols.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
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Abstract
In the unfortunate event of the current ongoing pandemic COVID-19, where vaccination development is still in the trial phase, several preventive control measures such as social distancing, hand-hygiene, and personal protective equipment have been recommended by health professionals and organizations. Among them, the safe wearing of facemasks has played a vital role in reducing the likelihood and severity of infectious respiratory disease transmission. The reported research in facemasks has covered many of their material types, fabrication techniques, mechanism characterization, and application aspects. However, in more recent times, the focus has shifted toward the theoretical investigations of fluid flow mechanisms involved in the virus-laden particles' prevention by using facemasks. This exciting research domain aims to address the complex fluid transport that led to designing a facemask with a better performance. This Review discusses the recent updates on fluid flow dynamics through the facemasks. Key design aspects such as thermal comfort and flow resistance are discussed. Furthermore, the recent progress in the investigations on the efficacy of facemasks for the prevention of COVID-19 spread and the impact of wearing facemasks is presented.
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