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ArticleHeliyon2023

Development of a desktop mask charger.

Taisuke Ikawa, Kaito Fujita, Shota Kiuchi, Muhang Li, Atsuhito Kushima, Hayato Takase, Bratati Das, Megumi Morita, Hiroyuki Todo, Miles Pennington and 1 more

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Taisuke IkawaInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Kaito FujitaInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Shota KiuchiInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Muhang LiInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Atsuhito KushimaInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Hayato TakaseInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Bratati DasInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Megumi MoritaShirohato Co., Ltd., 121-1 yayoicho Minami-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 457-0027, Japan.
Hiroyuki TodoShirohato Co., Ltd., 121-1 yayoicho Minami-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 457-0027, Japan.
Miles PenningtonInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Kaori SugiharaInstitute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polypropylene mesh, integrated in N95 respirators and surgical masks that are widely used in the current crisis of COVID-19, filters aerosols via electrostatics in addition to the physical block. However, any contact to water such as storage under high humidity, exposure to exhaling breath, and washing in water removes its charges and thus compromises its filtering efficiency. We developed a desk top device based on a Cockcroft-Walton's voltage multiplier that can restore the electrostatic charge of surgical masks within 1 min and recover the filtering efficiency of the polypropylene mesh from 87% to 97%. The device is easy to operate and safe, thus may be applied for the reuse of surgical masks towards reducing the plastic wastes.

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COVID-19MaskPolypropyleneStatic electricity

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PMID37089360
PMCPMC10080910

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