A Narrative Review on the Impact of Air Pollution on Heart Failure Risk and Exacerbation

Ward‐Caviness, Cavin; Cascio, Wayne E.

doi:10.1016/j.cjca.2023.06.423

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“…Air pollution has always been a problem in human life because various gaseous pollutants (e.g., ultrafine particles) can cause a range of physical health problems when they enter the human respiratory system. , Respiratory infections caused by airborne viruses have also been a recurring concern. , Masks, as a type of personal protective equipment (PPE), can block harmful dust and respiratory droplet aerosols to reduce the risk of viral exposure and infection. , The key filter layer of the mask is usually manufactured by melt-blown or electrospinning, in which the fiber diameter of the PP filter membrane manufactured by the melt-blown method is generally in the range of 0.5–10 μm, which makes it difficult to rely on the mechanical interception of fibers to block ultrafine particles, and it also needs to be processed by electret treatment to attach an electric charge to obtain the electrostatic adsorption capability. , Electrospinning has a wide range of applications in tissue engineering scaffolds, energy production, human health protection, catalysis, and filtration. − …”

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Fiber-in-Tube Electrifiable Structure for Virus Filtration Self-Generated Static Electricity by Vibration/Sound

Tang,

Wang,

Sun

et al. 2024

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

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Fiber has been considered as an ideal material for virus insulation due to the readily available electrostatic adsorption. However, restricted by the electrostatic attenuation and filtration performance decline, their long-lasting applications are unable to satisfy the requirements of medical protective equipment for major medical and health emergencies such as global epidemics, which results in both a waste of resources and environmental pollution. We overcame these issues by constructing a fiber-in-tube structure, achieving the robust reusability of fibrous membranes. Core fibers within the hollow could form generators with tube walls of shell fibers to provide persistent, renewable static electricity via piezoelectricity and triboelectricity. The PM 0.3 insulation efficiency achieved 98% even after 72 h of humidity and heat aging, through beating and acoustic waves, which is greatly improved compared with that of traditional nonwoven fabric (∼10% insulation). A mask spun with our fiber also has a low breathing resistance (differential pressure <24.4 Pa/cm 2 ). We offer an approach to enrich multifunctional fiber for developing electrifiable filters, which make the fiber-in-tube filtration membrane able to durably maintain a higher level of protective performance to reduce the replacement and provide a new train of thought for the preparation of other high-performance protective products.

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