A professor of physics at the University of Houston (UH) is using a coating he developed a decade ago to improve the protective qualities of surgical masks. Seamus Curran told UH that the coating developed in his lab can improve the ability of surgical masks like N95s to protect against the transmission of the coronavirus.
According to Jeannie Kever at UH, since 2011, Curran has been working with the technology that he now is using to demonstrate a way to provide more protection against COVID-19.
“Standard masks are somewhat porous, especially if they get wet. They can allow the virus to penetrate,” Curran said. “N95 masks are the gold standard, able to filter very small particles and offering better protection than standard surgical masks,” he said. “But they are hard to manufacture, and global demand is for tens of millions of masks.”
“We can make them impervious to water,” he said. “The solution can improve protection.”
Click here to read more on how nanotech coating developed by researchers at the University of Houston (UH) is improving the protective abilities of surgical masks.
Find out also how Professor Seamus Curran is getting ready to ramp up manufacturing capacity with investors and manufacturers.
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