The antimicrobial properties of silver have been known for thousands of years. Recently,
silver nanoparticles have gained attention because of their antimicrobial activity which offers …

Due to the constant increase in the number of infectious diseases and the concomitant lack
of treatment available, metallic nanoparticles (eg, silver nanoparticles) have been of …

Nanotechnology is a highly promising field, with nanoparticles produced and utilized in a
wide range of commercial products. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has been widely used in …

Silver nanoparticles are well known potent antimicrobial agents. Although significant
progresses have been achieved on the elucidation of antimicrobial mechanism of silver …

Metallic nanoparticles such as silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have gained lots of attention
due to the continuous upsurge in microbial infections and diseases, and also inefficient …

Nanomaterials represent a promising novel class of materials to be used as antibacterial
solutions. Inhomogeneity of synthesis and characterization methods, as well as resulting …

Multi-drug resistance is a growing problem in the treatment of infectious diseases and the
widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics has produced antibiotic resistance for many …

The antimicrobial impact of biogenic-synthesized silver-based nanoparticles has been the
focus of increasing interest. As the antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles is highly dependent …

Silver has been in use since time immemorial in the form of metallic silver, silver nitrate,
silver sulfadiazine for the treatment of burns, wounds and several bacterial infections. But …

The antimicrobial property of silver is associated to the quantity of silver and the grade of
silver released. The ionized silver is extremely sensitive, as it binds to tissue proteins and …