Titanium dioxide drafted in COVID fight
Swiss researchers develop membrane with antiviral properties Metal Tech News – August 26, 2020
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A reusable protective mask made with titanium dioxide being disinfected under an ultraviolet light that converts resident moisture into oxidizing agents that destroy pathogens.
Researchers in a Swiss laboratory have developed a membrane made of titanium oxide nanowires with antibacterial and antiviral properties.
The membrane, which resembles filter paper, may be used in the fight to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic more effectively than paper masks, which are increasingly becoming made mandatory, according to scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in La...
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