Original Article
  • Performance Study of Composite Air Filters Using Heterogeneous Fibers

  • Ji Soo Lee*,**, Yuree Oh*, Heejin Kim*,**, Hyun-Seol Park***, Sam S. Yoon**†, Min Wook Lee*†

  • * Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Jeonbuk 55324, Korea
    ** School of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea Climate Change Technology Research Division, Korea
    *** Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon 34129, Korea

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This Article

Correspondence to

  • Sam S. Yoon **, Min Wook Lee *

  • * Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Jeonbuk 55324, Korea
    ** School of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea Climate Change Technology Research Division, Korea

  • E-mail: skyoon@korea.ac.kr, mwlee0713@kist.re.kr