: IIT-Mandis Reusable Face Masks Filter COVID-19 Virus; Are 100% Self-Cleaning #IndiaNEWS #Himachal Pradesh With India desperately struggling in the face of a devastating second COVID-19 wave, face

IIT-Mandis Reusable Face Masks Filter COVID-19 Virus; Are 100% Self-Cleaning #IndiaNEWS #Himachal Pradesh
With India desperately struggling in the face of a devastating second COVID-19 wave, face masks have become an indispensable piece of apparel, especially in public spaces.
Although they are largely designed to act as a physical barrier between the wearer and the external environment, they must also act as antimicrobial agents to inhibit or kill pathogens.
This is particularly important in the case of reusable masks, which are preferable to single-use masks that create littering and secondary infections. In light of these circumstances, researchers at IIT-Mandi have developed a “virus-filtering, self-cleaning and antibacterial material??? that can be used to make face masks and other protective gear.
In a press release issued earlier this week, Dr Amit Jaiswal, an assistant professor at the School of Basic Sciences, IIT-Mandi, said, “Keeping the urgency of the pandemic and cost-effectiveness in mind, we have developed a strategy to repurpose existing [personal protective equipments] PPEs, especially face masks, by providing an antimicrobial coating to these protective clothing/textiles. ??? The materials used are reportedly 100,000 times smaller than the width of the human hair “to confer antimicrobial properties to polycotton fabri`????]?]?H?HX]?X[?[?H???HX[H]RUSX[?H[????]Y?[??Y]?K?^?Y?Y]??[?X?[?[H?[YH?[?????'??H???H?YX???H]?H?Y[?^?][??H???H???[???Y]??X?X[H[?X?[?[H?[YH?[???[???Y]???Y???[??[?YYX?[X?][???X?[?KH[???[???Y]?[Y??Y?[?^?[[?[?X?X??X[Y?[??[????]?[???YK?H??Y][???[???Y]?^??]?[?X?X??X[X?]?]H??Y???X?[?YX?[??Y[X??[?H???][?Y]X??X?[?X?]?][?[????
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