The global rise of 3D printing during the COVID-19 pandemic

YYC Choong, HW Tan, DC Patel, WTN Choong… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
3D printing enables on-demand solutions for a wide spectrum of needs ranging from
personal protection equipment to medical devices and isolation wards. This versatile …

Face mask waste generation and management during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview and the Peruvian case

FG Torres, GE De-la-Torre - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has driven massive consumption of personal protective
equipment (PPE) worldwide. Single-use face masks are one of the most used PPE to …

Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in Cox's Bazar, the longest natural beach in the world

MRJ Rakib, GE De-la-Torre, CI Pizarro-Ortega… - Marine pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
The extensive use of personal protective equipment (PPE) driven by the COVID-19
pandemic has become an important contributor to marine plastic pollution. However, there …

Biodegradable and multifunctional surgical face masks: A brief review on demands during COVID-19 pandemic, recent developments, and future perspectives

V Babaahmadi, H Amid, M Naeimirad… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Providing the greater public with the current coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) vaccines is time-
consuming and research-intensive; intermediately, some essential ways to reduce the …

Electrospun ultrafine fibers for advanced face masks

Z Zhang, D Ji, H He, S Ramakrishna - Materials Science and Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has triggered great global public …

Rapid surface defect identification for additive manufacturing with in-situ point cloud processing and machine learning

L Chen, X Yao, P Xu, SK Moon, G Bi - Virtual and Physical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Surface monitoring is an essential part of quality assurance for additive manufacturing (AM).
Surface defects need to be identified early in the AM process to avoid further deterioration of …

[HTML][HTML] Electrospinning of nanofibrous membrane and its applications in air filtration: A review

C Lyu, P Zhao, J **e, S Dong, J Liu, C Rao, J Fu - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Air pollution caused by particulate matter and toxic gases is violating individual's health and
safety. Nanofibrous membrane, being a reliable filter medium for particulate matter, has …

Hydrolytic degradation and biodegradation of polylactic acid electrospun fibers

XYD Soo, L Jia, QF Lim, MH Chua, S Wang, HK Hui… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Increased use of bioplastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), helps in reducing greenhouse
gas emissions, decreases energy consumption and lowers pollution, but its degradation …

Combination of 3D printing and electrospinning techniques for biofabrication

DL Yang, F Faraz, JX Wang… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents the different combination methods of 3D printing and electrospinning
processes and discusses the advantages of each method. Also, the applications of products …

[HTML][HTML] Internet-of-nano-things (IoNT) driven intelligent face masks to combat airborne health hazard

V Chaudhary, A Gautam, P Silotia, S Malik… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Face masks have been used as the most effective and economically viable preventive tool,
which also creates a sense of social solidarity in collectively combatting the airborne health …