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ArticlePolymers2025

Biodegradable Electret Filters Based on Beeswax-Modified Fibers: A Novel Production Strategy.

Agata Penconek, Łukasz Werner, Zuzanna Bojarska, Arkadiusz Moskal

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Article in Polymers, 2025. 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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Agata PenconekFaculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1475-5653
Łukasz WernerFaculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3492-2364
Zuzanna BojarskaFaculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland.
Arkadiusz MoskalFaculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1114-526X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research aims to create a high-efficiency, low-resistance biodegradable air-filter structure containing beeswax as a result of the simultaneous production of fibers by solution-blowing and melt-blowing. The melt-blowing method is effective for producing micrometer fibers on an industrial scale. In turn, the solution-blowing method allows for the production of fibers with a nanometric diameter from solutions containing temperature-sensitive additives such as beeswax. Combining these two methods is a promising perspective for producing high-performance, functional air-filter materials. Beeswax is a natural material capable of accumulating an electrical charge. When an external electric field is applied, the presence of beeswax in the filter structure facilitates charge retention on the fiber surface. This results in a fully biodegradable filter material with high efficiency and low resistance.

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beeswaxelectret filtersmelt-blowingnanoparticle filtrationPLAsolution-blowing

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PMID40292697
PMCPMC11946843

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