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Upcycling discarded cellulosic surgical masks into catalytically active freestanding materials
Summary
Researchers developed a method to upcycle discarded cellulosic surgical masks into catalytically active freestanding materials, repurposing pandemic-generated plastic waste into functional industrial materials. The study demonstrated that the cellulosic fiber structure of surgical masks could be converted into usable catalytic substrates through chemical processing.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10570-022-04441-9.
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