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## Researchers from an international multidisciplinary team support the use of biocidal, reusable and biodegradable face masks made of biocidal materials

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Personal protective equipment (PPE) has become one of the most effective tools to prevent transmission, contagion, and proliferation of the current pandemic of COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Of these, face masks are the most widely used and their use, after confinement, has become mandatory in enclosed public places to prevent the spread of this pandemic and many other bacterial pathogens, including multi-drug resistant strains.

An international multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Catholic University of Valencia, the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón, Kyoto University of Japan, King Abdulaziz University of Saudi Arabia and South Florida University of the United States have published a review article in the journal *ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces*, entitled "Protective Face Masks: Current Status and Future Trends", which details the scientific and technological efforts made to develop the main manufacturing methods of the different types of face masks that are being marketed to fight against COVID-19.

«Protective Face Masks: Current Estatus and Future Trends»: <https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.1c12227>

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