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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Submicronic Filtering Media Based on Electrospun Recycled PET Nanofibers: Development, Characterization, and Method to Manufacture Surgical Masks.

Marta Baselga-Lahoz, Cristina Yus, Manuel Arruebo, Víctor Sebastián, Silvia Irusta, Santiago Jiménez

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marta Baselga-LahozInstitute for Health Research Aragon (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2672-5790
Cristina YusInstituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragon (INMA), CSIC-University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1505-498X
Manuel ArrueboInstitute for Health Research Aragon (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3165-0156
Víctor SebastiánInstitute for Health Research Aragon (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6873-5244
Silvia IrustaInstitute for Health Research Aragon (IIS Aragón), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2966-9088
Santiago JiménezLaboratorio de Fluidodinámica y Tecnologías de la Combustión (Liftec), CSIC-University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
Universidad de Zaragoza · ESInstituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The disposal of single-use personal protective equipment has brought a notable environmental impact in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. During these last two years, part of the global research efforts has been focused on preventing contagion using nanotechnology. This work explores the production of filter materials with electrohydrodynamic techniques using recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET). PET was chosen because it is one of the materials most commonly present in everyday waste (such as in food packaging, bags, or bottles), being the most frequently used thermoplastic polymer in the world. The influence of the electrospinning parameters on the filtering capacity of the resulting fabric was analyzed against both aerosolized submicron particles and microparticulated matter. Finally, we present a new scalable and straightforward method for manufacturing surgical masks by electrospinning and we validate their performance by simulating the standard conditions to which they are subjected to during use. The masks were successfully reprocessed to ensure that the proposed method is able to reduce the environmental impact of disposable face masks.

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aerosolCOVID-19electrospinningface maskfibersfiltrationnanotechnologyPET

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PMID35335738
PMCPMC8952864
OpenAlexW4220996055

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