Textiles and Their Use in Microbial Protection: Focus on COVID-19 and Other Viruses
By Jiri Militký, Aravin Prince Periyasamy and Mohanapriya Venkataraman
Contents:
Foreword……………………………………………………………………………………………………..ix
Preface…………………………………………………………………………………………………………xi
Editor Biographies………………………………………………………………………………………xiii
Contributors………………………………………………………………………………………………..xv
SECTION I Generalities
Chapter 1 Introduction to Textile Materials Used in Health Care……………………3
Jiri Militky, Mohanapriya Venkataraman and Aravin Prince Periyasamy
Chapter 2 Protection against Microbes: State-of-the-Art……………………………..53
Aravin Prince Periyasamy, Mohanapriya Venkataraman and Jiri Militky
Chapter 3 Virology of SARS-CoV-2…………………………………………………………93
Dan Wang, Dana Kremenakova and Jiri Militky
SECTION II Disinfection Mechanism
Chapter 4 Characterization, Indication, and Passivation of COVID-19………..113
Sajid Faheem, Nazia Nahid, Muhammad Shah Nawaz ul Rehman, Jiri Militky and Jakub Wiener
Chapter 5 Disinfection Mechanisms of UV Light and Ozonization…………….135
Yuanfeng Wang, Jiri Militky and Aravin Prince Periyasamy
Chapter 6 Influence of UV light and Ozonization on Microbes State…………..155
Xiaodong Tan, Qingyan Peng, Kai Yang, Jana Saskova, Aravin Prince Periyasamy, Jiri Militky
and Jakub Wiener
Chapter 7 Photocatalysis and Virus Spreading: Photocatalysis……………………171
Aamir Mahmood, Jiri Militky and Miroslava Pechociakova
Chapter 8 Kinetic Model for Disinfection by Using of Photooxidation……….187
Qingyan Peng, Mohanapriya Venkataraman and Jiri Militky
Chapter 9 Titanium Dioxide: Enhanced Disinfection………………………………..205
Muhammad Zaman Khan, Jiri Militky, Jakub Wiener and Azam Ali
Chapter 10 Impact of Copper and Ions against Coronavirus: Impact of Copper
and Ions………..221
Azam Ali, Saeed Ahmad, Jiri Militky, Hira Khaleeq and Muhammad Zaman Khan
SECTION III Textile Applications
Chapter 11 Copper-Coated Textiles for Viruses Dodging…………………………….235
Shi Hu, Dana Kremenakova, Jiri Militky and Aravin Prince Periyasamy
Chapter 12 Eradicating Spread of Virus by Using Activated Carbon……………..251
Daniel Karthik, Jiri Militky and Mohanapriya Venkataraman
Chapter 13 Antiviral Finishes for Protection against SARS-CoV-2………………265
Divan Coetzee, Mohanapriya Venkataraman and Jiri Militky
Chapter 14 Fundamental Principles for Moisture Harvesting System and Its
Design of Fabric…………283
Kai Yang, Mohanapriya Venkataraman and Jiri Militky
Index …………….299
Preface:
Through the pages of history, we can read about pandemics caused by viruses. Viruses continue to emerge as a serious threat to the health of humans and animals. The latest virus to cause chaos across the world is COVID-19. COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. It is a novel infectious disease caused by the virus family of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). First infections of COVID-19 were diagnosed at Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, located in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Due to global spread, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020. As of November 2020, more than 60 million cases have been confirmed, with more than 1.4 million deaths attributed to COVID-19.
With such a massive impact of COVID-19 on mankind, it is important to consider all possible means to save and protect humans from such a tragedy. In this book, we strive to explore the devices used to protect against the transmission of the novel COVID-19 disease. Notably, most protective devices are more or less related to textile structures. It is imperative that the textile structures considered for protection of human life is evaluated logically and extensively.
This book provides a detailed review of the literature necessary for textile professionals to develop textile structures that have necessary properties for effective use by humans. The biggest challenge to Textile researchers is the Design and development of textile materials and structures that is capable of capturing and passivating the virus while not impacting the well-being of the wearer. The book has been logically organized to provide a background of the problem and navigate through topics that can provide information to develop possible solutions.
The literature review begins with an Introduction to textile materials used in Health care and provides State-of-the-Art information about available protection against microbes. In the following chapters, the Virology and Characterization, Indication, and Passivation of COVID-19 are discussed in detail. Different disinfection methods like UV light and ozonization; Photocatalysis; Photo-oxidation; Carbonization; Usage of metals such as Titania and Copper have been reviewed. Detailed reviews of antiviral finishes for protection against SARS-CoV-2 have been provided. To provide information about the construction of face masks, a chapter about the fundamental Principles for moisture harvesting systems and its design of fabric has been included.
This book provides timely and relevant information to jumpstart the efforts of textile researchers to develop textile materials and structures that will result in saving millions of lives not just during the current COVID-19 pandemic but also as protection during any such future unfortunate calamity.
Prof. Jiri Militký, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Dr. Aravin Prince Periyasamy, M.Tech., Ph.D.
Dr. Mohanapriya Venkataraman, M.Tech., M.F.Tech., Ph.D.
Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic