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Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective

The threat of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is worrying as millions of people suffered from this outbreak. The COVID-19 can be airborne spreaded by attaching to human nasal or saliva secretion of an infected person or suspended fine particulates in the air. Therefore, in order to minimiz...

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Main Authors:	Norrrahim, Mohd. Nor Faiz, Mohd. Kasim, Noor Azilah, Knight, Victor Feizal, Ong, Keat Khim, Mohd. Noor, Siti Aminah, Jamal, Siti Hasnawati, Ahmad Shah, Noor Aisyah, Abdul Halim, Norhana, Ilyas, Rushdan Ahmad, Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin
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Published:	Academic Enhancement Department, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok 2021
Subjects:	Q Science (General) R Medicine (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95886/ http://dx.doi.org/10.14416/j.asep.2021.08.004
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spelling	my.utm.958862022-06-22T06:44:58Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95886/ Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective Norrrahim, Mohd. Nor Faiz Mohd. Kasim, Noor Azilah Knight, Victor Feizal Ong, Keat Khim Mohd. Noor, Siti Aminah Jamal, Siti Hasnawati Ahmad Shah, Noor Aisyah Abdul Halim, Norhana Ilyas, Rushdan Ahmad Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin Q Science (General) R Medicine (General) The threat of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is worrying as millions of people suffered from this outbreak. The COVID-19 can be airborne spreaded by attaching to human nasal or saliva secretion of an infected person or suspended fine particulates in the air. Therefore, in order to minimize the risks associated with this pandemic, an efficient, robust and affordable air‐borne virus removal filters are highly demanded for prevention of spreading viruses in hospitals, transportation hubs, schools, and/or other venues with high human turn‐over. Respirators such as N95, N99 and N100 as well as surgical masks have been widely used. To date, there is no filter standards or special filter technologies tailored for effectively adsorbing the airborne viruses. Studies had shown the electrostatic fibers were capable to entrap the negatively charged viruses including COVID-19. Researchers believed that the positive surface charge of filtration material is an important key to efficiently adsorb the negatively charged viruses. Nanocellulose has emerged as a new class of biobased material with promising potential application in the filtration of viruses. Nanocellulose is uniform in diameter and has excellent nanofibrillar morphology. To the best of our knowledge, further studies are necessary to determine the efficiency of cationic nanocellulose as filtration material of COVID-19. Academic Enhancement Department, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok 2021-10 Article PeerReviewed Norrrahim, Mohd. Nor Faiz and Mohd. Kasim, Noor Azilah and Knight, Victor Feizal and Ong, Keat Khim and Mohd. Noor, Siti Aminah and Jamal, Siti Hasnawati and Ahmad Shah, Noor Aisyah and Abdul Halim, Norhana and Ilyas, Rushdan Ahmad and Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin (2021) Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective. Applied Science and Engineering Progress, 14 (4). pp. 580-587. ISSN 2672-9156 http://dx.doi.org/10.14416/j.asep.2021.08.004 DOI:10.14416/j.asep.2021.08.004
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spellingShingle	Q Science (General) R Medicine (General) Norrrahim, Mohd. Nor Faiz Mohd. Kasim, Noor Azilah Knight, Victor Feizal Ong, Keat Khim Mohd. Noor, Siti Aminah Jamal, Siti Hasnawati Ahmad Shah, Noor Aisyah Abdul Halim, Norhana Ilyas, Rushdan Ahmad Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective
description	The threat of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is worrying as millions of people suffered from this outbreak. The COVID-19 can be airborne spreaded by attaching to human nasal or saliva secretion of an infected person or suspended fine particulates in the air. Therefore, in order to minimize the risks associated with this pandemic, an efficient, robust and affordable air‐borne virus removal filters are highly demanded for prevention of spreading viruses in hospitals, transportation hubs, schools, and/or other venues with high human turn‐over. Respirators such as N95, N99 and N100 as well as surgical masks have been widely used. To date, there is no filter standards or special filter technologies tailored for effectively adsorbing the airborne viruses. Studies had shown the electrostatic fibers were capable to entrap the negatively charged viruses including COVID-19. Researchers believed that the positive surface charge of filtration material is an important key to efficiently adsorb the negatively charged viruses. Nanocellulose has emerged as a new class of biobased material with promising potential application in the filtration of viruses. Nanocellulose is uniform in diameter and has excellent nanofibrillar morphology. To the best of our knowledge, further studies are necessary to determine the efficiency of cationic nanocellulose as filtration material of COVID-19.
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author	Norrrahim, Mohd. Nor Faiz Mohd. Kasim, Noor Azilah Knight, Victor Feizal Ong, Keat Khim Mohd. Noor, Siti Aminah Jamal, Siti Hasnawati Ahmad Shah, Noor Aisyah Abdul Halim, Norhana Ilyas, Rushdan Ahmad Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin
author_facet	Norrrahim, Mohd. Nor Faiz Mohd. Kasim, Noor Azilah Knight, Victor Feizal Ong, Keat Khim Mohd. Noor, Siti Aminah Jamal, Siti Hasnawati Ahmad Shah, Noor Aisyah Abdul Halim, Norhana Ilyas, Rushdan Ahmad Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin
author_sort	Norrrahim, Mohd. Nor Faiz
title	Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective
title_short	Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective
title_full	Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective
title_fullStr	Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective
title_sort	cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of covid-19: a perspective
publisher	Academic Enhancement Department, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok
publishDate	2021
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95886/ http://dx.doi.org/10.14416/j.asep.2021.08.004
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Cationic nanocellulose as promising candidate for filtration material of COVID-19: a perspective

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