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ArticleCellulose (London, England)2022

Upcycling discarded cellulosic surgical masks into catalytically active freestanding materials.

Javier Reguera, Fangyuan Zheng, Ahmed Esmail Shalan, Erlantz Lizundia

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Article in Cellulose (London, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Javier RegueraBCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5110-5361
Fangyuan ZhengBCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
Ahmed Esmail ShalanBCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
Erlantz LizundiaBCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications, and Nanostructures, UPV/EHU Science Park, 48940 Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4013-2721

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has resulted in the massive fabrication of disposable surgical masks. As the accumulation of discarded face masks represents a booming threat to the environment, here we propose a solution to reuse and upcycle surgical masks according to one of the cornerstones of the circular economy. Specifically, the non-woven cellulosic layer of the masks is used as an environmentally sustainable and highly porous solid support for the controlled deposition of catalytically active metal-oxide nanoparticles. The native cellulosic fibers from the surgical masks are decorated by titanium dioxide (TiO GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: A novel approach to upcycle discarded cellulosic surgical masks is proposed, providing a solution to reduce the undesired accumulation of discarded face masks originating from the COVID-19 pandemic. The non-woven cellulosic layer formed by fibers is used as solid support for the controlled deposition of catalytically active titanium dioxide (TiO SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10570-022-04441-9.

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Circular economyCOVID-19 pandemicFace masksNanozymesNon-woven cellulosePhotocatalysisUpcycling

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PMID35125686
PMCPMC8805669

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