Domestic supply chain of filter media and face masks (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Domestic supply chain of filter media and face masks

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ORNL’s Merlin Theodore and Peter Tsai, inventor of N95 filter media, hold a sample of scaled-up material produced at the lab’s Carbon Fiber Technology Facility, a feat that received special recognition for COVID-19-related research during the 2021 R&D 100 Awards ceremony.

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Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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