Homemade Mask: How To Protect Ourselves From Microorganisms?

Volume 3 - Issue 2

Bianca Pizzorno Backx*

Received: August 12, 2020;   Published: September 03, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/MAMS.2020.03.000159

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Abstract

A threat is taking over the world today. SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that spread throughout the planet, behaviorally changing world society. Humanity seeks alternatives to increase the physical barrier associated with the protection of homemade masks.Viruses, which have a semantic origin in the Latin, “toxin” or “poisonous”, are infectious agents that mostly assume a nanometric scale, with a size around 20-300 nm in diameter.An abiotic material, capable of inhibiting the spread of viruses is indispensable. Understanding the virus’s adhesion to the surface of the textile is very important for the choice of the best tissue, which has less adhesion of the virus to the surface. This minimization of virus adhesion can be promoted by the modification of surface characteristics of the textiles. The addition of nanostructures is capable of presenting antimicrobial activity, an essential factor for obtaining efficient textiles for making homemade masks.

Keywords: Homemade mask, Microorganisms, Textiles, Covid-19, Supramolecular interactions

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