Trichome-like Biomimetic Air Filters

High efficiency, low resistance

Exploits the slip effect to overcome the efficiency-resistance trade-off, outperforming most commercial filter media and enabling direct modification of existing filters.

Zhou, Zhiqiang · You, Tianle · Pan, Zhengyuan · Wang, Di · Wang, Hao · Wang, Lingyun · Xu, Guilong · Liang, Yun · Hu, Jian · Tang, Min

Advanced Materials 2024

Specifications

up to U

{'zh': '', 'en': '~99.9995'} %

with average diameter

{'zh': '约74', 'en': '~74'} nm

Advantages

Integral filtration performance surpasses most commercial filter media (melt-blown cloth, ePTFE membranes, electrospun mats, glass fiber paper)

Directly upgrades existing commercial filters to TLB filters without process change