ArticleACS omega2022
Experimental and Simulation Studies on Nonwoven Polypropylene-Nitrile Rubber Blend: Recycling of Medical Face Masks to an Engineering Product.
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- Microplastics as an Emerging Potential Threat: Toxicity, Life Cycle Assessment, and Management.Toxics · 2024Review
- Material flow analysis-based assessment of polypropylene-fiber-containing microplastics released from disposable masks: Characterizing distribution in the environmental media.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Sustainable Solution for Plastic Pollution: Upcycling Waste Polypropylene Masks for Effective Oil-Spill Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Implementation of jute-based nose holder in surgical masks to reduce plastic contamination.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Properties of Composites Based on Recycled Polypropylene and Silico-Aluminous Industrial Waste.Polymers · 2023Article
- Acrylonitrile adducts: design, synthesis and biological evaluation as antimicrobial, haemolytic and thrombolytic agent.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Upcycling face mask wastes generated during COVID-19 into value-added engineering materials: A review.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Face Mask Wastes as Cementitious Materials: A Possible Solution to a Big Concern.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Upcycling of face masks to application-rich multi- and single-walled carbon nanotubes.Carbon letters · 2022Article
- Thermal characteristics and combustion reactivity of coronavirus face masks using TG-DTG-MS analysis.Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry · 2022Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The battle against the COVID-19 pandemic counters the waste management system, as billions of single-use face masks are used per day all over the world. Proper disposal of used face masks without jeopardizing the health and the environment is a challenge. Herein, a novel method for recycling of medical face masks has been studied. This method incorporates the nonwoven polypropylene (PP) fiber, which is taken off from the mask after disinfecting it, with acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) using maleic anhydride as the compatibilizer, which results in a PP-NBR blend with a high percentage economy. The PP-NBR blends show enhanced thermomechanical properties among which, 70 wt % PP content shows superior properties compared to other composites with 40, 50, and 60 wt % of PP. The fully Atomistic simulation of PP-NBR blend with compatibilizer shows an improved tensile and barrier properties, which is in good agreement with the experimental studies. The molecular dynamics simulation confirms that the compatibility between non-polar PP and polar NBR phases are vitally important for increasing the interfacial adhesion and impeding the phase separation.
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