Research Publication Date: May 17, 2021

A study, led by UC Riverside and The George Washington University, compared the effectiveness of surgical and cotton masks, a neck gaiter, and electrospun nanofiber membranes at removing coronavirus aerosols to prevent airborne transmission.

Study affirms that a filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three kinds of commercial masks out of the water by capturing 99.9% of coronavirus aerosols in an experiment.

Link to Study Report : https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00337