** Indian scientists develop self-disinfecting, biodegradable face masks to combat COVID-19

A team of Indian Scientists, including from Bengaluru’s Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), in collaboration with an industry partner have developed a self-disinfecting ‘Copper-based Nanoparticle-coated Antiviral Face Mask to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

To this end, Scientists at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous R&D Centre of Department of Science and Technology (DST), in collaboration with CSIR-CCMB and Resil Chemicals, a Bengaluru based company have developed the self-disinfecting ‘Copper-based Nanoparticle-coated Antiviral Face Masks’ under the DST sponsored Nano-Mission project, to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Their Industrial partner Resil Chemicals Bengaluru is now producing such double-layer masks on large scale

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