Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry

The Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry (한국응용생명화학회)
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Enhancement of filtration efficacy for particulate matters using β-glucan coated commercial masks

  • Muthuramalingam, Karthika (Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Jeju National University) ;
  • Kim, Young Mee (Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Jeju National University) ;
  • Cho, Moonjae (Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Jeju National University)
  • Received : 2019.11.05
  • Accepted : 2019.12.02
  • Published : 2021.03.31
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Abstract

Ambient air pollution, in particular, particulate matter (PM) pollution imposes serious health concerns such as hospitalization and premature deaths, worldwide. While commercial breathing masks are in use for protection against this hazardous issue, yet their efficiency in filtering PM was not up to the par, besides several other discomforts such as poor breathability due to reduced air flow, sweat production etc. In this study, commercial face mask coated with β-glucan, a high molecular weight polymer is tested for its efficacy in filtering PM. Quantification of PM before and after filtration and microscopic observation (using scanning electron microscopy (SEM)) of the fabric used in filtering the dust pollutants (generated from wood chips and cigarette) showed that β-glucan coated fabric were significantly efficient in capturing PM (size of 10 and 2.5 ㎛ in diameter) than that of the untreated control fabric, wherein the former had filtration efficacy with fold increase of 11.6 and 2.6 towards capturing PM2.5 and PM10 respectively than the latter. Thus, β-glucan coated fabric was found to be effective in filtering PM.

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