The outbreak of coronavirus has led to an increase in the demand for facemasks globally. Unavailability of appropriate polypropylene non-woven fabrics face masks as a result of inadequate supply to satisfy the growing...The outbreak of coronavirus has led to an increase in the demand for facemasks globally. Unavailability of appropriate polypropylene non-woven fabrics face masks as a result of inadequate supply to satisfy the growing population has brought about the manufacturing of locally fabrics masks to augment or substitute standard medical class facemasks. The study aims at analyzing airflow of these locally manufactured fabrics to determine possible means of transmitting the virus as well as establish comfort of the user of these masks. Standard polypropylene non-woven, woven and knitted fabrics were considered for the study. Air permeability test was conducted on these fabrics using Frazier Air permeability tester. Depending on the property significant variation in the textile fabrics, polypropylene non-woven is widely accepted for facial masks. Nevertheless, this study illustrates that woven and knitted fabrics have more open structures, which allow a high rate of air penetration and so may require two or three layers to prevent antimicrobial or antiviral potential.展开更多
Plasma-induced surface graft copolymerization of acrylic acid on polypropylene non-woven fabric(PP-g-AA)andpolypropylene membrane were reported.The extents of grafting were controlled by the plasma and polymerizationc...Plasma-induced surface graft copolymerization of acrylic acid on polypropylene non-woven fabric(PP-g-AA)andpolypropylene membrane were reported.The extents of grafting were controlled by the plasma and polymerizationcondition.Hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide was then coupled with the carboxyl group of PP-g-AA to obtain apolyion complex(PIC).At last,CF_4 plasma was used to give PICs hydrophobic property.The moisture regain and water-repellency of the processed PICs was investigated.The surfaces were characterized using ATR FT-IR and XPS.The resultindicates that the products have very high ability to adsorb moisture,even better than cotton fiber.At the same time,theproducts show excellent hydrophobic property,which can't be wetted by those reagents whose surface tensions were higherthan 327 mN/m.展开更多
文摘The outbreak of coronavirus has led to an increase in the demand for facemasks globally. Unavailability of appropriate polypropylene non-woven fabrics face masks as a result of inadequate supply to satisfy the growing population has brought about the manufacturing of locally fabrics masks to augment or substitute standard medical class facemasks. The study aims at analyzing airflow of these locally manufactured fabrics to determine possible means of transmitting the virus as well as establish comfort of the user of these masks. Standard polypropylene non-woven, woven and knitted fabrics were considered for the study. Air permeability test was conducted on these fabrics using Frazier Air permeability tester. Depending on the property significant variation in the textile fabrics, polypropylene non-woven is widely accepted for facial masks. Nevertheless, this study illustrates that woven and knitted fabrics have more open structures, which allow a high rate of air penetration and so may require two or three layers to prevent antimicrobial or antiviral potential.
文摘Plasma-induced surface graft copolymerization of acrylic acid on polypropylene non-woven fabric(PP-g-AA)andpolypropylene membrane were reported.The extents of grafting were controlled by the plasma and polymerizationcondition.Hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide was then coupled with the carboxyl group of PP-g-AA to obtain apolyion complex(PIC).At last,CF_4 plasma was used to give PICs hydrophobic property.The moisture regain and water-repellency of the processed PICs was investigated.The surfaces were characterized using ATR FT-IR and XPS.The resultindicates that the products have very high ability to adsorb moisture,even better than cotton fiber.At the same time,theproducts show excellent hydrophobic property,which can't be wetted by those reagents whose surface tensions were higherthan 327 mN/m.
