Silver nanoparticles in aquatic environments: Physiochemical behavior and antimicrobial mechanisms

C Zhang, Z Hu, B Deng - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanosilver (silver nanoparticles or AgNPs) has unique physiochemical properties and
strong antimicrobial activities. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the …

Governing factors affecting the impacts of silver nanoparticles on wastewater treatment

C Zhang, Z Hu, P Li, S Gajaraj - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (nanosilver or AgNPs) enter municipal wastewater from various
sources, raising concerns about their potential adverse effects on wastewater treatment …

Biosynthesis, Antibacterial Activity and Anticancer Effects Against Prostate Cancer (PC-3) Cells of Silver Nanoparticles Using Dimocarpus Longan Lour. Peel Extract

Y He, Z Du, S Ma, S Cheng, S Jiang, Y Liu, D Li… - Nanoscale research …, 2016 - Springer
Metal nanoparticles, particularly silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), are developing more
important roles as diagnostic and therapeutic agents for cancers with the improvement of …

The role of exopolymeric substances in the bioaccumulation and toxicity of Ag nanoparticles to algae

K Zhou, Y Hu, L Zhang, K Yang, D Lin - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Exopolymeric substances (EPS) have an important role in bioaccumulation and toxicity of
nanoparticles (NPs) to algae, which warrants specific studies. The interaction of EPS with …

Pulmonary diseases induced by ambient ultrafine and engineered nanoparticles in twenty-first century

T Xia, Y Zhu, L Mu, ZF Zhang, S Liu - National science review, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Air pollution is a severe threat to public health globally, affecting everyone in developed and
developing countries alike. Among different air pollutants, particulate matter (PM) …

Designing multiagent dental materials for enhanced resistance to biofilm damage at the bonded interface

MA Melo, S Orrego, MD Weir, HHK Xu… - ACS applied materials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The oral environment is considered to be an asperous environment for restored tooth
structure. Recurrent dental caries is a common cause of failure of tooth-colored restorations …

Comparative in vitro toxicity of a graphene oxide-silver nanocomposite and the pristine counterparts toward macrophages

LAV de Luna, ACM de Moraes, SR Consonni… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Graphene oxide (GO) is a highly oxidized graphene form with oxygen functional
groups on its surface. GO is an excellent platform to support and stabilize silver …

Silver nanoparticles interact with the cell membrane and increase endothelial permeability by promoting VE-cadherin internalization

X Sun, J Shi, X Zou, C Wang, Y Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2016 - Elsevier
The toxicological risks of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have attracted widespread attention,
and many studies have been published that have contributed to understanding AgNPs …

Co-exposure of silver nanoparticles and chiral herbicide imazethapyr to Arabidopsis thaliana: Enantioselective effects

Y Wen, L Zhang, Z Chen, X Sheng, J Qiu, D Xu - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the possible combined exposure effects of silver nanoparticles
(Ag-NPs) and chiral herbicide imazethapyr (IM) on Arabidopsis thaliana. Herein, we show …

Sequestration of nanoparticles by an EPS matrix reduces the particle-specific bactericidal activity

Q Wang, F Kang, Y Gao, X Mao, X Hu - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Most artificial nanomaterials are known to exhibit broad-spectrum bactericidal activity;
however, the defence mechanisms that bacteria use based on extracellular polymeric …