Naval Academy Permanent Military Professor Contributes to Coronavirus Mitigation Research

  POSTED ON: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 1:48 PM by mediarelations@usna.edu

CDR Dave Durkin, a Permanent Military Professor in the Naval Academy Chemistry Department, recently contributed to a research initiative that may play a role in mitigating the airborne spread of COVID-19. 

This collaborative research effort, spearheaded by Prof Yun Shen at UC Riverside and Prof Danmeng Shuai at The George Washington University, involved fabricating electrospun nanofibrous air filters that capture 99.9% of coronavirus aerosols, far surpassing the effectiveness of cotton masks, neck gaiters, and even surgical masks. These novel materials hold promise for applications in personal protective equipment (PPE).

Read more about this research at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00337.

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