COVID-19: From Crude Oil to Medical Mask

Abstract

On March 17, 2020, cases of COVID-19, a disease caused by coronavirus, were reported to be increased over 1700 in a single day in USA, with 100 reported deaths among total cases about 6500 in all 50 States (Fig. 1a). At the same time, this COVID-19 has spread to almost all the countries on this planet with over 200,000 cases. In about three months over 8,000 reported cases of death (Fig. 1b). Unfortunately, we still cannot see the end of this dark road, at least in the next couple of months. We have managed to survive after other outbreaks: MERS-CoV, SARS, Ebola,and of course the flu. Fortunately, we have doctors, vaccinologists, chemists, nurses and many others fighting for us. Among them, there are American, Chinese, Indian, European, Japanese, Iranian, Korean...... There is no country boundary for the virus and there is no boundary for the scientists. Stay together, we will win; fight with each other, we will all lose. Materials and manufacturing, not only play an important role in industry and research, but also play a critical role in this battle against the virus. Fig. 2 shows a typical structure for