Research

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Title :

Virucidal composite fabric for PPE

Area of research :

Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Chemical Sciences, COVID-19 Research

Focus area :

Engineering effective PPE

Principal Investigator :

Dr Suryasarathi Bose, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Dr Kaushik Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

Timeline Start Year :

2020

Contact info :

Details

Executive Summary :

The fabrication of a cost-effective, antiviral and antibacterial 3-ply, textile-based face mask using an industrially scalable technology to prepare fibers of nanometer (nm) diameter with inter-fiber pores of nm size.

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