The whole world is in turmoil in the Corona tsunami. In this situation, a team of IIT Mandi researchers made a special kind of mask. A team of researchers has created a mask that not only helps prevent the virus from entering the body, but also kills the virus that comes on the mask. A team of researchers from IIT Mandi claims that this study is going to be very fruitful. The study was recently published in the American Journal of Chemical Society - Applied Materials and Interfaces.
The main ingredient in the mask is molybdenum disulfide. With this special material a coating has been made several times thinner than a hair. The researchers are putting on a simple mask. This ingredient has antibacterial, antiviral properties. If any virus or bacteria of 100 to 200 nanometers moves on this layer, that layer will kill it in an instant. The Covid 19 virus is 120 nanometers long. So when you come in contact with this material, the virus of Covid will die instantly.
According to the researchers, this coating of molybdenum disulfide works in two ways to kill germs. Its surface is very sharp. When you look at the bottom of the electron microscope, it looks as if there are many knives in a row. Also, this element becomes very active in sunlight. Which is capable of killing many germs.
There are many benefits to this mask. If you leave it in the sun for a while, it will be sterile. The specialty of this mask is that even after repeated washing in soapy water, there is no delay in the work of this mask. This mask is able to work as before even after washing 60 times. They say that PPE can also be made with the same material that this mask is made of. Even this mask does not cause any difficulty in breathing. Prices are also within the reach of the middle class. However, after the final stage of research, this mask is going to come to the market of the country by signing an agreement with a company.
