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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Review of Impact of Textile Research on Protective Face Masks.

Jiri Militky, Ondrej Novak, Dana Kremenakova, Jakub Wiener, Mohanapriya Venkataraman, Guocheng Zhu, Juming Yao, Arun Aneja

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Polymeric nanoparticles as therapeutic agents against coronavirus disease.Journal of nanoparticle research : an interdisciplinary forum for nanoscale science and technology · 2022
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jiri MilitkyDepartment of Material Engineering, Faculty of Textile, Technical University of Liberec, 46117 Liberec, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-8480-2622
Ondrej NovakDepartment of Nonwovens and nanomaterials, Faculty of Textile, Technical University of Liberec, 46117 Liberec, Czech Republic.
Dana KremenakovaDepartment of Material Engineering, Faculty of Textile, Technical University of Liberec, 46117 Liberec, Czech Republic.
Jakub WienerDepartment of Material Engineering, Faculty of Textile, Technical University of Liberec, 46117 Liberec, Czech Republic.
Mohanapriya VenkataramanDepartment of Material Engineering, Faculty of Textile, Technical University of Liberec, 46117 Liberec, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-8977-1244
Guocheng ZhuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Juming YaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Arun AnejaDepartment of Engineering, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
Technical University of Liberec · CZZhejiang Sci-Tech University · CNEast Carolina University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19, classified as SARS-CoV-2, is causing an ongoing global pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in the loss of lives and has caused economic hardships. Most of the devices used to protect against the transmission of the novel COVID-19 disease are related to textile structures. Hence, the challenge for textile professionals is to design and develop suitable textile structures with multiple functionalities for capturing viruses, passivating them, and, at the same time, having no adverse effects on humans during the complete period of use. In addition to manufacturing efficient, biocompatible, and cost-effective protective face masks, it is also necessary to inform the public about the benefits and risks of protective face mask materials. The purpose of this article is to address the concerns of efficiency and efficacy of face masks by primarily reviewing the literature of research conducted at the Technical University of Liberec. The main focus is on the presentation of problems related to the specification of aims of face mask applications, mechanisms of capture, durability, and modes of sterilization. The recommendations, instead of conclusions, are addressed to the whole textile society because they should be leading players in the design, creation, and proper treatment of face masks due to their familiarity with the complex behavior of textile structures and targeted changes of structural hierarchy starting from polymeric chains (nano-level) and ending in planar textile structures (millimeter level) due to action by mechanical, physical and chemical fields. This becomes extremely critical to saving hundreds of thousands of lives from COVID-19.

Indexed as

anti-viralCOVID-19facemasknanoparticlestextiles

Identifiers

PMID33924470
PMCPMC8070024
OpenAlexW3154455042

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